Alternative agriculture and crisis in Cuba

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 19-25

  Rosset, Peter M ^a  

^a Inst for Food and Devmt Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FARMS; FERTILIZERS; PESTICIDES;

BIOPESTICIDES; CHEMICAL INPUTS;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 0031162561     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/44.592253     Document Type: Article

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