Agroforestry solutions to address food security and climate change challenges in Africa

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-67

  Mbow, Cheikh ^a   Van Noordwijk, Meine ^a   Luedeling, Eike ^a   Neufeldt, Henry ^a   Minang, Peter A ^a   Kowero, Godwin ^b  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b African Forest Forum   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AFRICA;

EID: 84887929573     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.10.014     Document Type: Review

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