Scale, skill and sustainable livelihoods - participatory approaches to improving poultry production in periurban communities. Evidence from South Africa

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-88

  Jordaan, Johan W ^a   Alderson, Michael ^b  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Tessedik Samuel College   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Family poultry; Participatory research; Poverty alleviation; South Africa; Sustainable livelihoods

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649523510     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000009787762770     Document Type: Article

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