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Contribution of parkland trees to farmers' livelihoods: a case study from Mali

author(s) Faye M D - Weber J C - Mounkoro B - Dakouo J-M
from World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
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  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
  • Western Africa
citation

Faye M D et al., 'Contribution of parkland trees to farmers' livelihoods: a case study from Mali', Development in Practice, vol. 20(3), pp. 428-434, Informa UK Limited, 2010

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Abstract

Native species of trees and shrubs contribute significantly to farmers' livelihoods by supplying food, medicinal products, fodder, and wood. In the case study reported in this article, this contribution to farmers' annual revenue varied from 26 per cent to 73 per cent, and was as high as US

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