Horticulture exports, agro-industrialization, and farm-nonfarm linkages with the smallholder farm sector: Evidence from Senegal

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-229

  Maertens, Miet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agri food exports; Farm nonfarm linkages; Rural development; Smallholder farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROINDUSTRY; EXPORT; HORTICULTURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SMALLHOLDER;

AFRICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 60849123518     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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