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Determinants of forest land use decisions among rural farm households in south-western Nigeria

Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica
Volume 51 (2018): Issue 2 (June 2018)
By: Ayoade Matthew Adetoye,  Samuel Ayodele Adewuyi and  Dare Akerele  
Open Access
|Aug 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2018-0009 | Journal eISSN: 1801-0571 | Journal ISSN: 0231-5742
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Language: English
Page range: 83 - 91
Submitted on: Nov 27, 2017
Accepted on: Jul 3, 2018
Published on: Aug 9, 2018
Published by: Mendel University in Brno
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
forest,
land use,
carbon sequestration,
agroforestry
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Plant science

© 2018 Ayoade Matthew Adetoye, Samuel Ayodele Adewuyi, Dare Akerele, published by Mendel University in Brno
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