Shade-grown coffee in Puerto Rico: Opportunities to preserve biodiversity while reinvigorating a struggling agricultural commodity

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 149, Issue , 2012, Pages 164-170

  Borkhataria, Rena ^a   Collazo, Jaime A ^a   Groom, Martha J ^b   Jordan Garcia, Adrian ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Farmer attitudes; Puerto Rico; Shade coffee

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIODIVERSITY; CAPITALISM; COFFEE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CULTIVATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANTATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84856689900     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.12.023     Document Type: Article

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