Communities and their agrobiodiversity: Priorities for agriculture in Uttarakhand Himalaya, India

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-389

  Farooquee, Nehal A ^a   Maikhuri, R K ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development   (India)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Agrobiodiversity; Conservation; Himalaya; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953570960     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000009790422151     Document Type: Article

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