Farmers’ assessment of the use value of agrobiodiversity in complex cocoa agroforestry systems in central Cameroon

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 983-1000

  Jagoret, P ^a,b   Kwesseu, J ^b,c   Messie, C ^b,c   Michel Dounias, I ^d   Malezieux E ^e  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^d MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^e Campus international de Baillarguet   (France)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Indigenous knowledge; Multi strata systems; Natural resource management; Participatory tool; Pebble distribution method; Theobroma cacao L

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CROPPING PRACTICE; EVERGREEN TREE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CAMEROON;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84912000726     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-014-9698-1     Document Type: Article

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