Use of Farmers' Indicators to Evaluate the Sustainability of Cropping Systems on Sloping Land in Yunnan Province, China

Pedosphere

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 344-355

  SUBEDI, M ^a   HOCKING, T J ^a   FULLEN, M A ^a   McCREA, A R ^a   MILNE, E ^b   WU, Bo Zhi ^c   MITCHELL, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

agro environmental sustainability; China; farmers' evaluation; farmers' indicator; paired catchments

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROECOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOPHYSICS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; SLOPE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

EID: 65549127115     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(09)60125-9     Document Type: Article

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