Quantifying the economic contribution of wild food harvests to rural livelihoods: A global-comparative analysis

Food Policy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2016, Pages 122-132

  Hickey, Gordon M ^a   Pouliot, Mariève ^b   Smith Hall, Carsten ^b   Wunder, Sven ^c   Nielsen, Martin R ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Center for International Forestry Research   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental income; Food security; Forests; Household income surveys; Integrative policy

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; FOREST; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RURAL ECONOMY;

EID: 84975291119     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.06.001     Document Type: Article

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