Indigenous knowledge of Nyishi tribes on traditional agroforestry systems

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-46

  Deb, Sourabh ^a   Arunachalam, A ^b   Das, A K ^c  

^a North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine (NEIFM)   (India)

^b NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Arunachal Pradesh; Conservation; Ethnomedicine; Nyishi community

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649392263     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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