Indigenous knowledge and sustainable agricultural resources management under rainfed agro-ecosystem

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 642-654

  Singh, Ranjay K ^a   Sureja, Amish K ^a  

^a CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Indigenous knowledge; Indigenous varieties; Natural resources conservation; Sustainability; Tribal farmers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953744990     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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