Home gardens sustain crop diversity and improve farm resilience in Candelaria Loxicha, Oaxaca, Mexico

Human Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-77

  Aguilar Støen, Mariel ^a,b   Moe, Stein R ^b   Camargo Ricalde, Sara Lucia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Farmers' experimentation; Farmers' knowledge; Home gardens; Socioecological systems

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FARMING SYSTEM; HOME GARDEN; RURAL LANDSCAPE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA;

CANDELARIA;

EID: 60649106962     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-008-9197-y     Document Type: Article

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