Can Rural Development Projects Generate Social Capital? A Case Study of Ricinodendron heudelotii Kernel Marketing in Cameroon

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 163-182

  Cosyns, H ^a   Van Damme, P ^a,b,c   De Wulf, R ^a   Degrande, A ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bonding; Bridging; Farmers' associations; Impact analysis; Linking; Non wood forest products; Rural development; Sustainable livelihoods

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CAPITAL FORMATION; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; MARKETING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VILLAGE;

CAMEROON;

RICINODENDRON HEUDELOTII;

EID: 84902010587     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-013-9247-1     Document Type: Article

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