Livelihood adaptation to risk: Constraints and opportunities for pastoral development in Ethiopia's Afar Region

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 490-511

  Davies, Jonathan ^a   Bennett, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; MARGINALIZATION; PASTORALISM; POVERTY;

AFAR; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33947594217     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380701204422     Document Type: Article

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