Peasant agriculture and global change

A study of peasant communities in southeastern Mexico revealed that landscape patterns resulting from peasant use can be significantly controlled by macroeconomic change as peasants shift from extensive to intensive farming according to their economic needs.

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Veröffentlicht in:Bioscience 1994-06, Vol.44 (6), p.398-407
Hauptverfasser: Collier, G.A, Mountjoy, D.C, Nigh, R.B
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A study of peasant communities in southeastern Mexico revealed that landscape patterns resulting from peasant use can be significantly controlled by macroeconomic change as peasants shift from extensive to intensive farming according to their economic needs.
ISSN:0006-3568
1525-3244
DOI:10.2307/1312363