Agro-Biodiversity Management: Using Indigenous Knowledge to Cope with Climate Change in the Middle-Hills of Nepal

Agricultural Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-52

  Baul, Tarit Kumar ^a   McDonald, Morag A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cropping pattern; Diversification; Production; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRODUCTION; SURVEYS; VEGETABLES;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; COPING STRATEGIES; CROPPING PATTERNS; DIVERSIFICATION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROPPING PRACTICE; FARMING SYSTEM; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; MAIZE; MILLET; RAINFALL; WHEAT;

HIMALAYAS; MIDDLE HILLS; NEPAL;

CAPRA HIRCUS; ELEUSINE CORACANA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84911489677     PISSN: 2249720X     EISSN: 22497218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40003-014-0096-8     Document Type: Article

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