Use of collective action for land accessibility among settled Fulani agro-pastoralists in southwest Nigeria

Sustainability Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-213

  Fabusoro, Eniola ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Agro pastoralists; Collective action; Fulani; Land accessibility; Land use; Southwest Nigeria

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350341197     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-009-0082-4     Document Type: Article

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