Women in urban and peri-agriculture: Sustaining livelihoods in the Cape Metropolitan Area

Agenda

Volumn 22, Issue 78, 2008, Pages 186-197

  Jacobs, Peter ^a   Xaba, Thembi ^b  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

access to land; household food production; poverty; social solidarity; urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650031896     PISSN: 10130950     EISSN: 2158978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2008.9674996     Document Type: Article

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