Contribution of Non-Timber Forest Products livelihood strategies to rural development in drylands of Sudan: Potentials and failures

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-97

  Adam, Yahia Omar ^a,b   Pretzsch, Jürgen ^b   Pettenella, Davide ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capital accumulation; Expenditure; Income generation; Livelihood strategies; NTFPs; Sudan

Indexed keywords

ADANSONIA DIGITATA; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

EID: 84872815257     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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