How social organization shapes crop diversity: An ecological anthropology approach among Tharaka farmers of Mount Kenya

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-107

  Labeyrie, Vanesse ^a   Rono, Bernard ^b   Leclerc, Christian ^a  

^a UMR AGAP   (France)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Crop domestication; Farmers selection; Seed exchange; Social networks; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880388620     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: 15728366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-013-9451-9     Document Type: Article

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