Slash-and-burn rice systems in transition: Challenges for agricultural development in the hills of northern Laos

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Roder, W ^a  

^a Ministry of Agriculture   (Bhutan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FALLOW PERIOD; HILL FARMING; RICE CULTIVATION; RICE PRODUCTION; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SLASH AND BURN; SLASH AND BURN AGRICULTURE; UPLAND AGRICULTURE; WEED CONTROL;

LAOS;

EID: 0031436065     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3673908     Document Type: Article

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