Agricultural intensification in jamaican small-scale farming: Vulnerability, sustainability and global change

Caribbean Geography

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-170

  Barker, David ^a   Beckford, Clinton L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Jamaica; Small farming; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA ALATA; PANICUM MAXIMUM;

EID: 84864886493     PISSN: 02529939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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