Socioeconomic factors and agro-forestry improvments in the hills of Nepal

Special issue : Part I

Auteurs :
GARFORTH, C.J.
MALLA, Y.B.
NEOPANE, R.P.
PANDIT, B.H.

Description :
AA. argue for a broader definition of agroforestry. In the Nepalese hillsides it involves trees, crops, and livestock ; in other words, the entire farming system in which hill farmers are engaged. Poverty reducing goals of agroforestry have to take into consideration socioeconomic factors such as the security of access to resources, livelihood strategies, gender roles and division of labor, family member allocation of income and farm products, technological adaptation, local knowledge, and communication channels. - (SLD)


Type de document :
Congrès

Source :
Conference on poverty, rural livelihoods, and land husbandry in hillside environments, Silsoe, Bedfordshire, Royaume-Uni, 1999-01-06, Mountain research and development, issn : 0276-4741, 1999, vol. 19, n°. 3, p. 273-278, Références bibliographiques : 17 ref.

Date :
1999

Editeur :
Pays édition : Japon, Tokyo, United Nations University