Prevalence, economic contribution, and determinants of trees on farms across Sub-Saharan Africa

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 84, Issue , 2017, Pages 47-61

  Miller, Daniel C ^a   Muñoz Mora, Juan Carlos ^b   Christiaensen, Luc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Agroforestry; Climate smart agriculture; Forestry; Landscape approaches; Livelihoods; Trees on farms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; TIMBER;

AFRICA; AGROFORESTRY; LANDSCAPE APPROACHES; LIVELIHOODS; SMART AGRICULTURES;

FORESTRY;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; FORESTS; NATURAL RESOURCES; TREES;

EID: 85009798300     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.12.005     Document Type: Article

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