Temporal and spatial dimensions of knowledge: Implications for sustainable agriculture

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-158

  Raedeke, Andrew H ^a   Rikoon, J Sanford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Knowledge systems; Local knowledge; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012730057     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007346929150     Document Type: Article

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