Scaling up agroforestry requires research 'in' rather than 'for' development

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-77

  Coe, Richard ^a   Sinclair, Fergus ^a   Barrios, Edmundo ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROFORESTRY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LOCAL ADAPTATION; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84888101154     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.10.013     Document Type: Review

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