A case study of cash cropping in Nepal: Poverty alleviation or inequity?

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-116

  Brown, Sandra ^a,b   Kennedy, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cash crops; Gross margin; Household economics; Market inequity; Nepal; Poverty

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 23844520339     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-004-7234-z     Document Type: Article

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