What is Wrong With the Sustainability of Quinoa Production in Southern Bolivia - A Reply to Winkel et al. (2012)

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 320-323

  Jacobsen, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Andean crop; Crop stress physiology; Market; Organic farming; Quality of minor crops

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; FOOD MARKET; FOOD QUALITY; ORGANIC FARMING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANDES; BOLIVIA;

CHENOPODIUM QUINOA;

EID: 84863516245     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: 1439037X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2012.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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