Influence of market orientation on food plant diversity of farms located on Amazonian Dark Earth in the region of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Economic Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-86

  Major, Julie ^a   Clement, Charles R ^b   DiTommaso, Antonio ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agro biodiversity; Amazonia; Amazonian Dark Earth; Genetic erosion; Market orientation; Terra Preta de ndio

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645653058     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2005)059[0077:IOMOOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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