Tree planting under customary tenure systems in malawi: Impacts of marriage and inheritance patterns

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-118

  Hansen, J D ^a   Luckert, M K ^b   Minae, S ^c   Place, F ^d  

^a Farm Credit Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c FAO Sub Regional Off S/E Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^d WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Inheritance; Marriage patterns; Tree Planting; Uxorilocal; Virilocal

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; GENDER RELATIONS; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; LAND TENURE; MARRIAGE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 84984586859     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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