Land, farming, livelihoods, and poverty: Rethinking the links in the Rural South

World Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 180-202

  Rigg, Jonathan ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrarian change; Asia; Poverty; Rural livelihoods; Rural South

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND RIGHTS; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY;

EID: 30344455029     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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