Agroforestry is analysed by means of economic concepts. The paper is mainly theoretical, since there are little adequate data to test the conceptual framework. Agroforestry needs not be limited to integration of agriculture and forestry on a plot, but may also include integration on a holding. Desi
Economics of agroforestry
โ Scribed by Dirk A. Hoekstra
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 391 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-4366
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