Mapping natural resource-based poverty, with an application to rural Syria

Food Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-50

  Szonyi, Judit ^a   De Pauw, Eddy ^b   Rovere, Roberto La ^a   Aw Hassan, Aden ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Agricultural income distribution; Natural resource endowment; Poverty map; Syria

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; GIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MAPPING; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 74449093014     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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