Aspects of land use in slash and burn agriculture

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 821-824

  Batabyal, A A ^a   Lee, D M ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRICE; CROP PRODUCTION; LAND USE; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0348223649     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350485032000148259     Document Type: Article

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