Tobacco cultivation in Bangladesh: Is it a threat to traditional agro-practice?

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 481-485

  Motaleb, Mohammad Abdul ^a   Irfanullah, Haseeb Md ^b  

^a Bangladesh Country Office   (Bangladesh)

^b Practical Action Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Agro biodiversity; Chittagong hill tracts; Cropping pattern; Jhum; Shifting cultivation; Sustenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960158870     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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