Household Determinants of Tree Planting on Farms in Rural Rwanda

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 477-508

  Ndayambaje, J D ^a,b   Heijman, W J M ^b   Mohren, G M J ^b  

^a RWANDA AGRICULTURE BOARD   (Rwanda)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Altitude regions; Logistic regression; Rural households; Trees on farms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGROFORESTRY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY;

RWANDA;

EID: 84870423587     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-012-9196-0     Document Type: Article

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