Livestock agrodiversity of Mazahua smallholder campesino systems in the highlands of Central Mexico

Human Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 821-845

  Arriaga Jordan C M ^a   Pedraza Fuentes, A M ^a   Nava Bernal, E G ^a   Chavez Mejia M C ^a   Castelan Ortega O A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Campesino agriculture; Highlands; Livestock agrodiversity; Mexico; Rural livelihoods

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RURAL ECONOMY; SMALLHOLDER;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; COLUMBA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 27744604257     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-005-8212-9     Document Type: Article

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