Which of these is an example of traditional resource management?
a. Intercropping of corn and squash in parts of Mexico
b. The planting of an export crop such as coffee for extra cash in El Salvador
c. The planting of fruit trees in fallowed fields in parts of Mexico
d. Using birth control among peoples of LDCs
ANSWER:
c
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A. strategy B. codon C. stratum D. anticodon
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