Mixed farming in Africa: the search for order, the search for sustainability

Land Use Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 293-317

  Sumberg, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP-LIVESTOCK INTEGRATION; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032191591     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8377(98)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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