Achieving household food security through organic agriculture? Lessons from Uganda

Journal fur Entwicklungspolitik

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 65-84

  Walaga, Charles ^a   Hauser, Michael ^b  

^a Organisation for Rural Research Environment and Development (ORREDE)   (Uganda)

^b Inst für Okologischen Landbau   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; FOOD SECURITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 33645532620     PISSN: 02582384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20446/JEP-2414-3197-21-3-65     Document Type: Review

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