Land speculation and intensification at the frontier: A seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 501-520

  Smith, Joyotee ^a,c   Cadavid, José Vicente ^a   Rincón, Alvaro ^b   Vera, Raúl ^a  

^a Ctr Internacional de Agric T   (Colombia)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN TIBAITATÁ   (Colombia)

^c NONE   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FRONTIER; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CATTLE RANCHING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FRONTIER REGION; LAND SPECULATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; SAVANNA;

COLOMBIA;

BOS TAURUS; POACEAE;

EID: 0030619352     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(96)00088-1     Document Type: Article

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