Livestock market dynamics and local vulnerabilities in the Sahel

World Development

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 683-705

  Turner, Matthew D ^a   Williams, Timothy O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Intl Livestock Research Institute   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Africa; Drought; Gender; Livestock prices; Niger; Real markets

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; DRYLAND FARMING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; STOCKING DENSITY; VULNERABILITY;

NIGER;

EID: 0036226588     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(01)00133-4     Document Type: Article

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