Farmer Seed Exchange and Crop Diversity in a Changing Agricultural Landscape in the Southern Highlands of Ethiopia

Human Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 477-485

  Samberg, Leah H ^a   Shennan, Carol ^a   Zavaleta, Erika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CROP IMPROVEMENT; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; SEED PRODUCTION;

ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS;

EID: 84878784817     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-013-9579-7     Document Type: Article

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