Identification of agricultural factors for improving sustainable land resource management in northern Thailand: A case study in Chiang Mai Province

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 382-390

  Jiang, Yuan ^a   Kang, Muyi ^a   Schmidt Vogt, Dietrich ^b   Schrestha, Ragendra P ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Crop system; Land management; Land use change; Sustainable agriculture; Tropical land

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INCENTIVE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 34548173154     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500709469738     Document Type: Article

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