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Developing a farm business model for livelihood enhancement of smallholder farmers in Northwest Vietnam (poster)

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• The establishment of exemplar landscapes (EL) in Mai Son, Son La province promoting market-based agroforestry and forest rehabili tation options.• Tree species selected for the ELs of Mai Son are fruit trees (mango, longan, pomelo, lemon and plum) intercropped with maize and forage strips.• Expected sharp increase of fruit harvest volumes in two to three years.• Local markets in Mai Son are saturated, and present linkages to bigger markets are inconsistent and informal.• Linking smallholders to markets is a pressing challenge.
    Publication year

    2017

    Authors

    Otto L-H; Hanh V T

    Language

    English

    Keywords

    smallholder, farmers, landscape, livelihood

    Geographic

    Viet Nam

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