On the operation of the land market in backward agriculture: Evidence from a village in Orissa, eastern India

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 102-130

  Sarap, Kailas ^a,b  

^a SAMBALPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; LAND MARKET; MARKET PROCESS; RURAL ECONOMY;

INDIA, ORISSA;

EID: 0031832117     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066159808438668     Document Type: Article

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