Combining multi-dimensional scaling and cluster analysis to describe the diversity of rural households

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 376-397

  Pacini, G C ^a   Colucci, D ^a   Baudron, F ^b,c   Righi, E ^a   Corbeels, M ^c   Tittonell, P ^c,d   Stefanini, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)   (Ethiopia)

^c UPR Annual Cropping Systems   (France)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84901648423     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479713000495     Document Type: Article

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