Best institutional arrangements for farmworker equity-share schemes in South Africa

Agrekon

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 228-251

  Knight, S ^a   Lyne, M ^a   Roth, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 33745066957     PISSN: 03031853     EISSN: 20780400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2003.9523622     Document Type: Article

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