'Where is the life in farming?': The viability of smallholder farming on the margins of the Kalahari, Southern Africa

Geoforum

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-85

  Twyman, Chasca ^a   Sporton, Deborah ^a   Thomas, David S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversification; Drylands; Rural livelihoods; Smallholder agriculture; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; POLICY STRATEGY; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL PLANNING; SMALLHOLDER;

AFRICA; KALAHARI DESERT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0348226267     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7185(03)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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