Transfer of Taiwanese ideas and technology to The Gambia, West Africa: A viable approach to rural development?

Geographical Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-211

  Baker, Kathleen M ^a   Edmonds, Richard Louis ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Market gardening; Participatory methods; Sustainable development; Taiwan; The Gambia; Women

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY; HORTICULTURE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; GAMBIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 5444229954     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0016-7398.2004.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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