Urban agriculture in Santarém, Pará, Brazil: diversity and circulation of cultivated plants in urban homegardens

Urban agriculture, including urban homegardens, is vital for urban survival of many people in various cities around the world, including those in the Amazon region of Brazil. These spaces, through daily praxis, become important for incidental agrodiversity conservation as food plants are cultivated...

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Main Authors: Antoinette WinklerPrins, Perpetuo Socorro de Souza Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 2010-12-01
Series:Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-81222010000300002&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=en