The role of informal contracts in the growth of small cattle herds on the floodplains of the Lower Amazon

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 377-386

  Merry, Frank D ^a,c   Sheikh, Pervaze A ^b,c   McGrath, David G ^a,c  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b US Library of Congress   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agricultural credit; Amazon River Floodplain; Brazil; Cattle; Small farm systems

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 10944256296     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-003-1246-y     Document Type: Article

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