Market coordination and social differentiation: A comparison of cotton-producing households in Tanzania and Zimbabwe

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-131

  Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cotton; Social differentiation; Tanzania; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; FARMING SYSTEM; INCOME; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; SURVEY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ZIMBABWE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 33645903857     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2006.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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