Challenges to governing sustainable forest food: Irvingia spp. from southern Cameroon

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 84, Issue , 2017, Pages 29-37

  Ingram, Verina ^a,b   Ewane, Marcus ^c   Ndumbe, Louis Njie ^d   Awono, Abdon ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Cameroon)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Forest policy; Irvingia spp.; Non timber forest products; Rural livelihoods; Value chain governance

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; COMMERCE; CRIME; DEFORESTATION; FRUITS; HARVESTERS; HARVESTING;

FOREST POLICY; IRVINGIA SPP; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; RURAL LIVELIHOOD; VALUE CHAIN GOVERNANCE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CAMEROON; COMMERCE; CULTIVATION; FOOD; MEDICINE; REGULATIONS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85008489999     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.12.014     Document Type: Article

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