The Future of Small Farms

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1341-1348

  Wiggins, Steve ^a   Kirsten, Johann ^b   Llambí, Luis ^c  

^a OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Growth; Poverty; Small farm

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FARM; FUTURE PROSPECT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INVESTMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PUBLIC GOODS; RURAL ECONOMY; SMALLHOLDER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956886026     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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