Why agronomy in the developing world has become contentious

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-83

  Sumberg, James ^a   Thompson, John ^a   Woodhouse, Philip ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural research; Conservation agriculture; Political ecology; SRI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874021088     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-012-9376-8     Document Type: Article

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