Can agroforestry option values improve the functioning of drivers of agricultural intensification in Africa?

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-40

  Carsan, Sammy ^a   Stroebel, Aldo ^b   Dawson, Ian ^a   Kindt, Roeland ^a   Mbow, Cheikh ^a   Mowo, Jeremias ^a   Jamnadass, Ramni ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGROFORESTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL FERTILITY; WATER STRESS;

AFRICA;

EID: 84887508999     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.10.007     Document Type: Review

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