Diversity in livelihoods and farmers' strategies in the hararghe highlands, eastern ethiopia

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-146

  Tefera, Tesfaye Lemma ^a   Perret, Sylvain ^b   Kirsten, Johann F ^b  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diversification; Ethiopia; Livelihoods; Strategies; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549126597     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2004.9684573     Document Type: Article

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