The potential of agroforestry in the provision of sustainable woodfuel in sub-Saharan Africa

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 138-147

  Iiyama, Miyuki ^a   Neufeldt, Henry ^a   Dobie, Philip ^a   Njenga, Mary ^a,b   Ndegwa, Geoffrey ^a,c   Jamnadass, Ramni ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CHARCOAL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FARMING SYSTEM; FUEL; MAGNITUDE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84890396765     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.12.003     Document Type: Review

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