Weed control practices on Costa Rican coffee farms: Is herbicide use necessary for small-scale producers?

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-177

  Bellamy, Angelina Sanderson ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coffee; Costa Rica; Extension services; Herbicides; Organic Small scale farmers; Weed management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956154244     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-010-9261-2     Document Type: Article

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