Financial analysis of agroforestry land uses and its implications for smallholder farmers livelihood improvement in Ethiopia

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 217-231

  Duguma, Lalisa Alemayehu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agroforestry land uses; Farmer; Financial analysis; Income

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGROFORESTRY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LAND USE; PROFITABILITY; RESOURCE USE; SMALLHOLDER;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84873277613     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-012-9537-1     Document Type: Article

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