Introduction: Agrobiodiversity for economic development: What do we know?

Agrobiodiversity Conservation and Economic Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-24

  Kontoleon, Andreas ^a   Pascual, Unai ^a   Smale, Melinda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 79960331136     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203890127     Document Type: Editorial

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