Farm income, gender differentials and climate risk in Cameroon: Typology of male and female adaptation options across agroecologies

Sustainability Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-35

  Molua, Ernest L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cameroon; Climate; Female owned farm; Risk aversion; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651365767     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-010-0123-z     Document Type: Article

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