Traditional andean cultivation systems and implications for sustainable land use

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 670, Issue , 2005, Pages 31-55

  Halloy, S R P ^a   Ortega, R ^b   Yager, K ^c   Seimon, A ^d  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed knowledge; Environmental adaptation; Food security; Land use; Poverty; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849112494     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.670.4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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