Role of externality in the adoption of smallholder agroforestry: Case studies from Southern Africa and Southeast Asia

Externality: Economics, Management and Outcomes

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 167-188

  Ajayi, Oluyede C ^a   Catacutan, Delia ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Adoption; Agroforestry; Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Environmental services; Externality; Malawi; Philippines; Science policy linkage; Zambia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889577969     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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