Intensification of shifting cultivation by the use of viny legumes in Northern Thailand

Southeast Asian Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 538-549

  Ongprasert, Somchai ^a   Prinz, Klaus ^b  

^a MAEJO UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b McKean Rehabilitation Center   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Accelerated fallow; Cowpea; Lablab bean; Northern Thailand; Relay cropping; Rice bean; Shifting cultivation; Viny legumes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; FALLOW; FARMING SYSTEM; LEGUME; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL FERTILITY;

ASIA; CHIANG MAI; EURASIA; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 2342541677     PISSN: 05638682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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