Household food security status in South Africa

Agrekon

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-361

  Altman, M ^a   Hart, T G B ^a   Jacobs, P T ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Food security; Poverty; Smallholder; Social grants; Subsistence Production

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955830016     PISSN: 03031853     EISSN: 20780400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2009.9523831     Document Type: Article

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