Rice production constraints and 'new' challenges for South Asian smallholders: Insights into de facto research priorities

Agriculture and Food Security

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  John, Adam ^a,b   Fielding, Matthew ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agricultural research; Food security; Production constraints; Rice; Smallholders; South Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006062457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2048-7010-3-18     Document Type: Article

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