Livelihoods in the wake of agricultural commercialisation in South Africa's poverty nodes: Insights from small-scale irrigation schemes in Limpopo Province

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-198

  Tapela, Barbara N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; COMMERCIALIZATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MARGINALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POLICY; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 46049110111     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768350802090584     Document Type: Conference Paper

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