Changes within small-scale agriculture. A case-study from the Southwestern Tanzania

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn , Issue 96, 1996, Pages 60-69

  Birch Thomsen, Torben ^a   Fog, Bjarne ^b  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Classification; Intensification; Land use; Landsat TM; Monitoring; Remote sensing; Tropical agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC LIBERALISATION; ECONOMIC REFORM; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT TM; REMOTE SENSING; SMALL FARM SECTOR; SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE;

TANZANIA, (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 0030432386     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.1996.10649377     Document Type: Article

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