Colonist farmers' perceptions of fertility and the frontier environment in eastern Amazonia

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 371-384

  Muchagata, Marcia ^a,b,c   Brown, Katrina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c Postgraduate Program in Parasite Biology in the Amazon   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Farming systems; Local knowledge; Nutrient cycles; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000964052     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026531913099     Document Type: Article

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