Agricultural intensification, monocultures, and economic failure: The case of onion production in the Tipajara watershed on the eastern slope of the Bolivian Andes

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 467-492

  Aragona, Franklyn B ^a   Orr, Blair ^b  

^a Agricultural Innovations Inc   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural biodiversity; Bolivia; Cost of production; Emigration; Farming systems; Monoculture; Onion disease

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 79958101847     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440046.2011.579832     Document Type: Article

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