Afforestation of savannah with cocoa agroforestry systems: A small-farmer innovation in central Cameroon

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 493-504

  Jagoret, Patrick ^a,c   Michel Dounias, Isabelle ^b,d,e   Snoeck, Didier ^a   Ngnogué, Hervé Todem ^c   Malézieux, Eric ^d  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UMR INNOVATION   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^d UPR HortSys TA B 103 PS4 Bd de la Lironde   (France)

^e Institut des Régions Chaudes   (France)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Ecological intensification; Forest savannah interface; Imperata cylindrica; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGROFORESTRY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COCOA; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; DIVERSITY INDEX; GRASSLAND; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; PLANTATION; SAVANNA; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CAMEROON;

ELAEIS; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84869102549     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-012-9513-9     Document Type: Article

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