Why chacras (Swidden gardens) persist: Agrobiodiversity, food security, and cultural identity in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Human Organization

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-339

  Perreault, Thomas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Amazon; Ecuador; Food security; Indigenous identity; Swidden agriculture

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; CULTURAL IDENTITY; FOOD SECURITY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

AMAZONIA; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 29244476017     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: 00187259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.64.4.e6tymmka388rmybt     Document Type: Article

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