Exploring development strategies of agricultural systems of Hill Tracts of Chittagong in Bangladesh

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 949-966

  Bala, B K ^a   Majumder, S ^a   Altaf Hossain, S M ^a   Haque, M A ^a   Hossain, M A ^b  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Agricultural systems; Development strategies; Hill Tracts of Chittagong; Multivariate analysis; Policy implications

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GRAMEEN BANK; INFRASTRUCTURE; MARKET SYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; TRANSPORTATION;

BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH];

EID: 84879780692     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-012-9420-2     Document Type: Article

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