Output per acre and size of holding: The logic of peasant agriculture under semi-feudalism

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 103-131

  Dyer, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; CLASS RELATIONS; DEVELOPING WORLD; FARM PRODUCTIVITY; FARM SIZE; GREEN REVOLUTION; PEASANT FARMING;

EID: 0030431364     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066159608438632     Document Type: Article

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