The No. 1 ladies' poultry farm: A feminist political ecology of urban agriculture in Botswana

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-225

  Hovorka, Alice J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; URBAN AGRICULTURE; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33748289479     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690600700956     Document Type: Article

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