Urban agriculture as a global economic activity with special reference to the city of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

African and Asian Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-213

  Tambwe, Nyumbaiza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EMPLOYMENT; FOOD PRODUCTION; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INCOME; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; URBAN AGRICULTURE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; KATANGA; LUBUMBASHI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33747149900     PISSN: 15692094     EISSN: 15692108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156920906777906772     Document Type: Article

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