Socio-economic dimensions of small-scale agriculture: A principal component analysis

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-73

  Essa, John A ^a   Nieuwoudt, W Lieb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SMALLHOLDER;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0038660502     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835032000065462     Document Type: Article

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