Migratory responses to agricultural risk in northern Nigeria

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1048-1061

  Dillon, Andrew ^a   Mueller, Valerie ^a   Salau, Sheu ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

migration; Nigeria; risk; temperature degree days

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INTERNAL MIGRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NIGERIA;

EID: 80052580753     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aar033     Document Type: Article

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