A typology of economic agents in the Himalayan plant trade

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-43

  Olsen, Carsten Smith ^a   Bhattarai, Nirmal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Bhattarai Niwas   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Actors; India; Market structure; Marketing; Medicinal plants; Nepal; Terminology

Indexed keywords

MEDICINAL PLANT; NATURAL RESOURCE; PLANT PRODUCT; RESOURCE USE; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

MILETINAE;

EID: 17044385426     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2005)025[0037:ATOEAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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