Adaptive Transition Management for Transformations to Agricultural Sustainability in the Karnali Mountains of Nepal

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1156-1183

  Pant, Laxmi Prasad ^a   Kc, Krishna Bahadur ^a   Fraser, Evan D G ^a   Shrestha, Pratap Kumar ^b   Lama, Anga Bahadur ^c   Jirel, Santosh Kumar ^c   Chaudhary, Pashupati ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b USC CanadaAsia   (Nepal)

^c Self Help Initiative Promotion Centre   (Nepal)

^d Local Initiatives for Biodiversity Research and Development   (Nepal)

Author keywords

adaptive transition management; agricultural biodiversity; agriculture; food security; Nepal; socioecotechnical systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919709870     PISSN: 21683565     EISSN: 21683573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2014.942022     Document Type: Article

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