Agroforestry systems as a profitable alternative to slash and burn practices in small-scale agriculture of the Brazilian Amazon

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 193-204

  Tremblay, Stéphane ^a   Lucotte, Marc ^a   Revéret, Jean Pierre ^a   Davidson, Robert ^b   Mertens, Frédéric ^c   Passos, Carlos José Sousas ^c   Romaña, Christina A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Université Du Québec À Montréal ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Amazon deforestation; Fruit tree based agroforestry systems; Net present value; Small scale farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGROFORESTRY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BURNING; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; PROFITABILITY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; SANTAREM [PARA];

EID: 84928259785     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-014-9753-y     Document Type: Article

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