Developing more productive African agroforestry systems and improving food and nutritional security through tree domestication

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 123-127

  Ofori, Daniel A ^a   Gyau, Amos ^a   Dawson, Ian K ^a   Asaah, Ebenezer ^b   Tchoundjeu, Zac ^c   Jamnadass, Ramni ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)   (Sierra Leone)

^c World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) West and Central Africa Regional Program   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; DECADAL VARIATION; DOMESTICATION; EDIBLE SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84890336370     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.11.016     Document Type: Review

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