Win-Win Solutions for Reforestation and Maize Farming: A Case Study of Nan, Thailand

Sustainable Economic Development: Resources, Environment, and Institutions

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 105-122

  Pongkijvorasin, Sittidaj ^a   Teerasuwannajak, Khemarat Talerngsri ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Green subsidy; Irrigation; Maize farming; Reforestation; Sustainable development; Win win solution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942475378     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800347-3.00007-8     Document Type: Chapter

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