Farm size and the intensity of land use in Gujarat

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 307-315

  Newell, Andrew ^a   Pandya, Kiran ^b   Symons, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b University of South Gujarat   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FARM SIZE; FERTILITY RATES; LABOUR INPUT; LABOUR SUPPLY; LAND USE INTENSITY;

INDIA, GUJARAT;

EID: 0030863123     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.oep.a028610     Document Type: Article

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