Presents results of a major attempt by two international institutions, the Oxford Forestry Institute and the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, to collect, organize and synthesize secondary and primary data in Eastern Africa, which shed light on the key socieconomic factors affecting farmers' decisions about the growing of trees. Identifies important explanatory variables such as tenure rights, crop and livestock management, availability of tree based products, market opportunity as well as factor supply and costs, cultural attitudes, sustainability concerns and governmental interventions.
Tahun publikasi
1993
Penulis
Bahasa
English
Kata kunci
agroforestry, farmers, farming systems, land use, multipurpose trees, socioeconomic development, trees
