Multispecies cropping systems in India: Predictions of their productivity, stability, resilience and ecological sustainability

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 81-107

  Trenbath, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intercropping; Shifting cultivation; Simulation; Subsistence farming

Indexed keywords

CROPPING PRACTICE; FARMING SYSTEM; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

INDIA;

EID: 0032739698     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006285319817     Document Type: Article

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