The use of donkeys in the Mexican central highlands: A gender perspective

Development in Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 437-448

  Von Keyserlingk, Alix ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN AID   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LIVESTOCK; RURAL SOCIETY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL RESOURCES; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SURVEYS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY SIZE; HOUSEHOLDS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; NATURAL RESOURCES; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AGRICULTURE; AMERICAS; ANIMAL RESOURCES; COMMUNITY SURVEYS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLDS; LATIN AMERICA; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MEXICO; NATURAL RESOURCES; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURE; AMERICAS; ANIMAL POPULATION GROUPS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES;

MEXICO;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 0032709171     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614529952918     Document Type: Article

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