An ecologically sustainable approach to agricultural production intensification: Global perspectives and developments

Field Actions Science Report

Volumn 6, Issue 1 SPL, 2012, Pages

  Kassam, Amir ^a   Friedrich, Theodor ^a  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservation agriculture; Ecosystem approach; No till system; Paradigms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880680356     PISSN: 1867139X     EISSN: 18678521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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