Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration Enhances Rural Livelihoods in Dryland West Africa

Environmental Management

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1402-1417

  Weston, Peter ^a   Hong, Reaksmey ^b   Kaboré, Carolyn ^c   Kull, Christian A ^d,e  

^a WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL   (Kenya)

^b Australian Government Aid Programme   (Cambodia)

^c WORLD VISION AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Farmer managed natural regeneration (FMNR); Ghana; Land restoration; Semi arid; Social return on investment (SROI); West Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY; REFORESTATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION;

AGROFORESTRY; GHANA; NATURAL REGENERATION; RE-TURN-ON; SEMI ARID; WEST AFRICA;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROFORESTRY; ARABLE LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRYLAND FARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD PRODUCTION; INVESTMENT; LAND RECLAMATION; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POPULATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CONSERVATION; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROFORESTRY; ARABLE LAND; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; REFORESTATION; RURAL POPULATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; FORESTRY; GHANA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREE; TRENDS;

GHANA;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GHANA; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 84929844212     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-015-0469-1     Document Type: Article

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