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Probable agricultural biodiversity heritage sites in India: The Garo, Khasi and Jaintia Hills region [1]

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The Garo, Khasi and Jaintia Hills region, with its unique landscape, climatic phenomenon of heavy cloud cover and torrential rainfall, and agricultural richness involving the majority of the population, has been proposed as another National Agricultural Biodiversity Heritage Site based on six indices.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2010
Anurudh K Singh [2]
Asian Agri-History [3]
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Jaintia Hills [4], Agriculture [5], Shifting Cultivation [6], Agroforestry [7], Intercrop Systems [8], Legumes [9], Vegetables [10], Oilseeds [11], Horticulture [12], Garo [13], Khasi [14], Flora [15], Biodiversity [16], Meghalaya [17], Asian Agri-History [3], Anurudh K Singh [2]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/anurudh-k-singh-0
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/asian-agri-history
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jaintia-hills
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/shifting-cultivation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agroforestry
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/intercrop-systems
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/legumes
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vegetables
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oilseeds
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/horticulture
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/garo
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/khasi
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/flora
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/meghalaya