Traditional home gardens and livelihood security in North-East India

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 665-670

  Sahoo, U K ^a  

^a MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity; Function and sustainable livelihood; Homegardens; Mizo; Structure

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SPECIES; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROFORESTRY; ARTICLE; CROP; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; EXTRACTION; HERB; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; INDIA; INTERVIEW; OBSERVATION; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PLANT; SAMPLING; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

EID: 66349096315     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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