Factors influencing access to produce markets for smallholder irrigators in South Africa

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-58

  Magingxa, Litha L ^a   Alemu, Zerihun ^b   van Schalkwyk, Herman ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; LOGIT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMALLHOLDER;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; LIMPOPO; MPUMALANGA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 59749096638     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768350802640081     Document Type: Article

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