Exploring the connections: Land tenure, social identities, and agrobiodiversity practices in Ghana

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-155

  Awanyo, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Gender; Ghana; Income; Kinship; Land tenure security

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; INCOME; INVESTMENT; KINSHIP; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 67549140605     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2009.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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