Institutional factors affecting wild edible plant (WEP) harvest and consumption in semi-arid Kenya

Land Use Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-69

  Shumsky, Stephanie ^a   Hickey, Gordon M ^a   Johns, Timothy ^b,c   Pelletier, Bernard ^a   Galaty, John ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community forest management (CFM); East Africa; Land tenure; Non timber forest product (NTFP) commercialization; Sustainable development; Tharaka

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COMMERCIALIZATION; COMMON LAND; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; COPING STRATEGY; EDIBLE SPECIES; FOOD SECURITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PLANT; POLICY REFORM; SEMIARID REGION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WILD POPULATION;

EAST AFRICA; EASTERN PROVINCE [KENYA]; KENYA; THARAKA;

EID: 84887746857     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.10.014     Document Type: Article

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