Social actors and unsustainability of agriculture

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 155-161

  Bernard, Florence ^a   van Noordwijk, Meine ^a   Luedeling, Eike ^a   Villamor, Grace B ^a,b   Sileshi, Gudeta W ^a   Namirembe, Sara ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FARMING SYSTEM; LEARNING; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84894024534     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2014.01.002     Document Type: Review

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