Farming systems of the Loess Plateau, Gansu Province, China

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 13-23

  Nolan, Sharna ^a   Unkovich, Murray ^b   Yuying, Shen ^c   Lingling, Li ^d   Bellotti, William ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adoption; Livestock; Poverty; Subsistence agriculture

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE SECTOR; CROP PRODUCTION; FARMING SYSTEM; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MARKET; POVERTY; WHEAT;

ASIA; CHINA; DINGXI; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; LOESS PLATEAU; QINGYANG;

PISUM SATIVUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 38949130504     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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