Low-input technology proves viable for limited-resource farmers in Salinas Valley
Low-input farming techniques offered energy-saving, cost-effective alternatives for resource-poor farmers of Mexican origin in the Salinas Valley. Most of these farmers currently manage small acreages using intensive vegetable cropping systems and high-input technologies.
Main Authors: | Miguel Altieri, Javier A. Trujillo, Marta A. Astier, Paul Gersper, Wilhelmus A. Bakx |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
1991-03-01
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Series: | California Agriculture |
Online Access: | http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v045n02p20 |
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