Tree Seed and Seedling Supply Systems: A Review of the Asia, Africa and Latin America Models

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 171-191

  Nyoka, Betserai I ^a   Roshetko, James ^b   Jamnadass, Ramni ^a   Muriuki, Jonathan ^a   Kalinganire, Antoine ^c   Lillesø, Jens Peter B ^d   Beedy, Tracy ^e   Cornelius, Jonathan ^f  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre Bogor   (Indonesia)

^c West and Central Africa Sahel Office   (Mali)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e Formerly with World Agroforestry Centre   (Malawi)

^f Estación Experimental   (Peru)

Author keywords

Branding; Certification; Genetic diversity; Germplasm quality; Markets; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; CERTIFICATION; GERMPLASM; MODELING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; ASIA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84929946216     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-014-9280-8     Document Type: Article

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