Sustainable food production systems and food security: Economic and environmental imperatives in yam cultivation in Trelawny, Jamaica

Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 541-561

  Beckford, Clinton ^a   Campbell, Donovan ^b   Barker, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Food security; Small scale farmers; Sustainability; Yam sticks; Yams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867362414     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su3030541     Document Type: Article

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