South Africa

Beyond Food Production: The Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 188-222

  Kirsten, Johann ^a   May, Julian ^b   Hendriks, Sheryl ^b   Lyne, Mike ^b   Machethe, Charles L ^a   Punt, Cecilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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