Knowledge gaps and research needs concerning agroforestry's contribution to Sustainable Development Goals in Africa

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 162-170

  Mbow, Cheikh ^a   van Noordwijk, Meine ^a   Prabhu, Ravi ^a   Simons, Tony ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGROFORESTRY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 84890369702     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.11.030     Document Type: Review

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