Bamboos have often been viewed as inferior products, labeled as the "poor man's timber". Development groups have proposed bamboo production as an opportunity for increasing the wealth of the low-income groups. This paper is a study of the household economy of 200 bamboo farmers in eight township ...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Zhong, M.
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Belcher, B.
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Xie, C.
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Fu Maoyi
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Xie, J.
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[The role of bamboo plantations in rural development: the case of Anji County, Zhejiang, China]
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The role of bamboo plantations in rural development: the case of Anji County, Zhejiang, China
Many rural dwellers in tropical regions depend on non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for their livelihood and their income needs. Local markets play an important role in enabling forest-dependent households to realize a significant part of their cash income through sale of NTFP's. Increase urbani...
Ndoye, O.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Eyebe, A.
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[The markets for non-timber forest products in the humid forest zone of Cameroon]
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The markets for non-timber forest products in the humid forest zone of Cameroon
Ndoye, O.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Eyebe, A.
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[Los Mercados de Productos Forestales No Maderables en la Zona de Bosques Húmedos de Camerún]
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Los Mercados de Productos Forestales No Maderables en la Zona de Bosques Húmedos de Camerún
Ndoye, O.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Eyebe, A.
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[Les marchés des produits forestiers non ligneux dans la zone de forêt humide du Cameroun]
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Les marchés des produits forestiers non ligneux dans la zone de forêt humide du Cameroun
NTFPs can be of particular importance to people in forested mountain locations, because of their relative lack of access to alternative inputs and sources of income. Mountain forest uses centred on NTFPs can show a clearer link between conservation and development potentials due to the reduced op...
Resin producing agroforestry in the Krui area of Sumatra in Indonesia is presented as an environmentally friendly, income generating land-use system which contributes to both development and conservation objectives. We studied the change in household income portfolios in three communities in the ...
Kusters, K.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Foresta, H. de
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Dietz, T.
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Ros-Tonen, M.A.F.
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Belcher, B.
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Manalu, P.
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Nawir, A.A.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Will agroforests vanish? the case of damar agroforests in Indonesia]
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Will agroforests vanish? the case of damar agroforests in Indonesia