Agricultural growth, poverty reduction and agro-ecological zones in India: An ecological fallacy?

Food Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 423-431

  Palmer Jones, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural growth; Government investment; India; Irrigation; Poverty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGROECOLOGY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

CORYLUS AMERICANA;

EID: 0344734795     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9192(03)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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