Patterns and determinants of agricultural systems in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-277

  Thapa, Gopal B ^a   Rasul, Golam ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Agricultural systems; Bangladesh; Chittagong Hill Tracts; Determinants of agricultural systems; Shifting agriculture

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; MOUNTAIN REGION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 22244467138     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2004.06.022     Document Type: Article

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