Reducing subsistence farmers' vulnerability to climate change: Evaluating the potential contributions of agroforestry in western Kenya

Agriculture and Food Security

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Thorlakson, Tannis ^a   Neufeldt, Henry ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Agroforestry; Climate change adaptation; Food security; Smallholder development; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006056405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2048-7010-1-15     Document Type: Article

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