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Article: Research from University of Alabama in the area of physical geography published.
- Article from:
- Science Letter
- Article date:
- March 3, 2009
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"This paper discusses the impacts of population growth and economic development on maize diversity in highland Guatemala. In the context of this discussion, economic development specifically refers to the recent expansion of the non-traditional agricultural exports (NTAEs)," investigators in the United States report (see also Physical Geography).
"Population growth and economic development (i.e. NTAEs) are linked because as land has become scarce in highland Guatemala, due to the poor distribution of land resources and rapid population growth over the past 50 years, many farmers have turned to non-traditional economic strategies such as new crops that produce ...