Conservation of crop diversity for sustainable landscape development in the mountains of the Indian Himalayan region

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 514-530

  Nautiyal, Sunil ^a   Kaechele, Harald ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crops; India; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548218162     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777830710778283     Document Type: Article

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