New approaches to supporting the agricultural biodiversity important for sustainable rural livelihoods

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-66

  Vernooy, Ronnie ^a   Song, Yiching ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural biodiversity; China; Cuba; Participatory plant breeding; Research and development partnerships; Syria

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011797601     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2004.9684567     Document Type: Article

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