Gender, seeds, and biodiversity

Women Working In The Environment: Resourceful Natures

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 177-192

  Sachs, Carolyn E ^a   Gajurel, Kishor ^a   Bianco, Mariela ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crop diversity; Gender; seed saving; seeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 85075047157     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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