Swiddens under transition: Consequences of agricultural intensification in the Amazon

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 218, Issue , 2016, Pages 116-125

  Jakovac, Catarina C ^a,b   Peña Claros, Marielos ^a   Mesquita, Rita C G ^b   Bongers, Frans ^a   Kuyper, Thomas W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cassava; Labor; Riverine Amazonia; Shifting cultivation; Weeds; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LABOR; BIOPHYSICS; CASSAVA; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ETHNOGRAPHY; FALLOW; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; WEED CONTROL;

AMAZON RIVER; BRAZIL;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 84948400888     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.11.013     Document Type: Article

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