Should subsistence agriculture be supported as a strategy to address rural food insecurity?

Agrekon

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 434-458

  Aliber, M ^a   Hart, T G B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b Centre for Poverty Employment and Growth (CPEG)   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Labour force survey; Local agricultural practices; Subsistence production; Traditional crops

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650003900     PISSN: 03031853     EISSN: 20780400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2009.9523835     Document Type: Article

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