A participatory approach to assessing Malawi villagers' perception of their own food security

Ecology of Food Nutrition

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-121

  Ali, Manijeh ^a   Delisle, Hélene F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Household food security; Malawi; Participatory rural appraisal; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

FOOD SECURITY; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; RURAL SOCIETY;

MALAWI;

BOS TAURUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032722170     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.1999.9991572     Document Type: Article

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