Upland Farming Systems Coping with Uncertain Rainfall in the Central Dry Zone of Myanmar: How Stable is Indigenous Multiple Cropping Under Semi-Arid Conditions?

Human Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 927-936

  Matsuda, Masahiko ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; CROPPING PRACTICE; FARMING SYSTEM; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; UPLAND REGION;

MYANMAR;

EID: 84890431587     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-013-9604-x     Document Type: Article

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