Crop diversification in Thailand: Status, determinants, and effects on income and use of inputs

Land Use Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 618-628

  Kasem, Sukallaya ^a   Thapa, Gopal B ^b  

^a Thailand Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives   (Thailand)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bio pesticides; Crop diversification; Financial return; Inorganic fertilizers and pesticides; Organic fertilizers; Rice mono crop; Thailand; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INCOME; PESTICIDE; RICE; VEGETABLE;

THAILAND;

EID: 78751630206     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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