Determinants of household food security in Nepal: A binary logistic regression analysis

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 403-413

  Maharjan, Keshav Lall ^a   Joshi, Niraj Prakash ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food security; Household; Nepal; Occupational caste; Resource ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957791913     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-011-2001-2     Document Type: Article

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