Contribution of cocoa agroforestry systems to family income and domestic consumption: looking toward intensification

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 957-981

  Cerda, Rolando ^a   Deheuvels, Olivier ^b   Calvache, David ^c   Niehaus, Lourdes ^d   Saenz, Yara ^a   Kent, Justine ^a   Vilchez, Sergio ^a   Villota, Alejandra ^c   Martinez, Carlos ^e   Somarriba, Eduardo ^a  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^b Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE NARIÑO   (Colombia)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Forestales (ESNACIFOR)   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Fruits; Timber; Trade offs; Typology; Yields

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; CROP YIELD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOOD SECURITY; FRUIT; INCOME; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE-OFF;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84912000946     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-014-9691-8     Document Type: Article

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