Coping with drought in Zimbabwe: Survey evidence on responses of rural households to risk

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-110

  Kinsey, Bill ^a,b   Burger, Kees ^a   Gunning, Jan Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Cattle; Coping mechanisms; Drought; Resettlement; Risk; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DROUGHT; LIVESTOCK SALES; RURAL HOUSEHOLD;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031802999     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(97)00124-1     Document Type: Article

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