Use values of woody species used in agroforestry: Cocoa agroforests in central Cameroon;Valeurs d'usage des ligneux utilisés en agroforesterie : LES cacaoyères du centre-cameroun

Bois et Forets des Tropiques

Volumn 68, Issue 321, 2014, Pages 45-54

  Jagoret, Patrick ^a   Kwesseu, Jacques ^b,c   Messie, Charly Anicet ^b,c   Michel, Isabelle ^d   Malézieux, Éric ^e  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^d MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^e Campus international de Baillarguet   (France)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Cameroon; Local knowledge; Natural resource management; Participatory assessment; Pra scoring system; Theobroma cacao L.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952003334     PISSN: 0006579X     EISSN: 17775760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19182/bft2014.321.a31217     Document Type: Article

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