Gender and sustainable livelihoods: Case study of South African farm workers

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 195-205

  Lemke, Stefanie ^a   Bellows, Anne C ^a   Heumann, Nicole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food and nutrition security; Gender; Livelihoods; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249141235     PISSN: 17408822     EISSN: 17408830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2009.028073     Document Type: Article

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