The importance of institutions in mountainous regions for accessing markets: An example from the Moroccan High Atlas

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 233-239

  Bürll, Markus ^a   Aw Hassan, Aden ^a   Rachidi, Youssef Lalaoui ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cooperatives; Infrastructure; Institutions; Market access; Morocco; Mountains; North Africa

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE SECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURAL RESOURCE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; SMALLHOLDER;

AFRICA; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; HIGH ATLAS; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; TADLA-AZILAL;

EID: 58149488710     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.0877     Document Type: Article

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