The role of the firm and owner characteristics on the performance of agritourism farms

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-183

  Barbieri, Carla ^a   Mshenga, Patience M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; FARM; FIRM OWNERSHIP; OCCUPATION;

EID: 41549130056     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2008.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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