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Homegarden Production and Productivity in a Mayan Community of Yucatan

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This study was funded by CINVESTAV (Merida Unit) and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation as part of the project entitled: “Development against poverty in Mayan villages of Yucatan”. The authors are grateful to the household members who gave their time and knowledge to make this study possible. We are also grateful to Dr. Stephen J. Rothenberg and to Luis A. Abdala for their comments and suggestions.

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    Heriberto E. Cuanalo de la Cerda & Rogelio R. Guerra Mukul

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Cuanalo de la Cerda, H.E., Guerra Mukul, R.R. Homegarden Production and Productivity in a Mayan Community of Yucatan. Hum Ecol 36, 423–433 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-008-9166-5

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