Regional suitability for agricultural intensification: a spatial analysis of the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 231-247

  Nijbroek, Ravic P ^a,b   Andelman, Sandy J ^a  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)   (Kenya)

Author keywords

food security; multi criteria evaluation; SAGCOT; sustainable agricultural intensification; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LANDSCAPE; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84957847739     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2015.1071548     Document Type: Article

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