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Applying Agroecology to Enhance the Productivity of Peasant Farming Systems in Latin America

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  • Miguel Altieri, 1999. "Applying Agroecology to Enhance the Productivity of Peasant Farming Systems in Latin America," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 1(3), pages 197-217, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:1:y:1999:i:3:p:197-217
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1010078923050
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    1. Altieri, Miguel A. & Rosset, Peter & Thrupp, Lori Ann, 1998. "The potential of agroecology to combat hunger in the developing world," 2020 vision briefs 55, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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