A conceptual approach to dynamic agricultural land-use modelling

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 505-521

  Thornton, P K ^a   Jones, P G ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LAND USE; MODELING; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 0032145461     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(98)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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