Agriculture, Traditional

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 119-125

  Altieri, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Agrobiodiversity; Biological evolution; Cultural evolution; Developing world; Natural resources; Production systems; Salient features; Sustainable agriculture; Traditional farming

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042841050     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00005-8     Document Type: Chapter

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