Assessing farmers' interest in agroforestry in two contrasting agro-ecological zones of Rwanda

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 141-158

  Bucagu, C ^a,c   Vanlauwe, B ^b   Van Wijk, M T ^a,d   Giller, K E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biophysical factors; Farmer evaluation; Farmer resource groups; Tree species; Tree testing

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; AGROECOLOGY; AGROFORESTRY; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEYING; SURVIVAL;

RWANDA;

CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; EUCALYPTUS; GREVILLEA ROBUSTA; PERSEA AMERICANA; TEPHROSIA VOGELII;

EID: 84873252957     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-012-9531-7     Document Type: Article

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