Conservation of traditional smallholder cultivation systems in indigenous territories: Mapping land availability for milpa cultivation in the Huasteca Poblana, Mexico

Applied Geography

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 299-310

  Bermeo, Adriana ^a   Couturier, Stéphane ^a   Galeana Pizaña, Mauricio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Centro de Investigacion en Geografia y Geomatica Ing Jorge L Tamayo AC   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agrarian structure; In situ conservation; Land concentration; Maize; Shifting cultivation; Swidden agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COFFEE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LANDOWNERSHIP; MAIZE; PASTURE; RURAL PLANNING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SMALLHOLDER;

HUASTECAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUEBLA [MEXICO];

EID: 84904540959     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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