Steps toward sustainable ranching: An emergy evaluation of conventional and holistic management in Chiapas, Mexico

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 639-646

  Alfaro Arguello, Rigoberto ^a   Diemont, Stewart A W ^a,b   Ferguson, Bruce G ^a   Martin, Jay F ^c   Nahed Toral, José ^a   David Alvarez Solis J ^a   Ruíz, René Pinto ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^b 402 Baker Laboratory   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIAPAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dairy farming; Farmer to farmer training; Fire; Government assistance; Herbicide; Rotational grazing

Indexed keywords

AGROCHEMICAL; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; EMERGY; FOREST COVER; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HERBICIDE; MILK PRODUCTION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RANCHING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

BOS;

EID: 77957774461     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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