The significance of dry forest income for livelihood resilience: The case of the pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in the drylands of southeastern Ethiopia

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-59

  Worku, Adefires ^a,b   Pretzsch, Jürgen ^a   Kassa, Habtemariam ^c   Auch, Eckhard ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^c Centre for International Forestry Research Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Agro pastoralism; Drought vulnerability; Dry forest income; Livelihood resilience; Pastoralism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894253809     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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