Agroforestry Tree Products (AFTPs): Targeting Poverty Reduction and Enhanced Livelihoods
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Roger R.B. Leakey, Zac Tchoundjeu, Kate Schreckenberg, Sheona E. Shackleton and Charlie M. Shackleton Agroforestry and Novel Crops Unit, School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia; 2World Agroforestry Centre, BP 2067, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD, England; Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, PO Box 94, Grahamstown, South Africa
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