Crop diversity in peasant and industrialized agriculture: Mexico and California

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-141

  Brush, Stephen B ^a   Tadesse, Dawit ^a   Van Dusen, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Crop diversity; Maize; Mexico; Peaches

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROP PLANT; CROPPING PRACTICE; FARMING SYSTEM; PEASANT AGRICULTURE;

MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

PRUNUS PERSICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037314054     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920309198     Document Type: Article

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