Household responses to food shortages in Western Nepal

Human Organization

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 190-198

  Panter Brick, Catherine ^a   Eggerman, Mark ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BBC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caste; Debt; Food shortages; Migration; Population pressure; Seasonality; Subsistence; Nepal

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COPING STRATEGY; FOOD SHORTAGE; HOUSEHOLD RESPONSE; RURAL ECONOMY;

NEPAL;

EID: 0031473508     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.56.2.v2n1m73468h7t614     Document Type: Article

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