Rural nonfarm employment and farming: Household-level linkages

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-123

  Davis, Benjamin ^a   Winters, Paul ^b   Reardon, Thomas ^c   Stamoulis, Kostas ^d  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural diversification; Developing countries; Income diversification; Rural nonfarm employment; Small farmers; Technology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DATA SET; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPLOYMENT; MODERNIZATION; RURAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 60849138842     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00374.x     Document Type: Review

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