Examining multi-functionality for crop yield and ecosystem services in five systems of agroecological intensification

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 11-28

  Garbach, Kelly ^a   Milder, Jeffrey C ^b   DeClerck, Fabrice A J ^c   Montenegro de Wit, Maywa ^d   Driscoll, Laura ^d   Gemmill Herren, Barbara ^e  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

conservation agriculture; holistic grazing management; organic; precision agriculture; system of rice intensification

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CROP YIELD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LITERATURE REVIEW; ORGANIC FARMING; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; RICE; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84967214506     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2016.1174810     Document Type: Article

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