Competing Paradigms in Pastoral Development? A Perspective from the Far North of Cameroon

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2243-2254

  Moritz, Mark ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; development; intensification; mobility; pastoralism; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; GRAZING; MOBILITY; MODERNIZATION; PASTORALISM; PERIURBAN AREA; URBAN AGRICULTURE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 53849099613     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.10.015     Document Type: Article

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