Poverty and livelihood diversification: Exploring the linkages between smallholder farming and artisanal mining in rural Ghana

Journal of International Development

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1100-1114

  Okoh, Godfried ^a   Hilson, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artisanal and small scale mining (ASM); Farming; Ghana; Poverty

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; MINING; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; SMALLHOLDER;

GHANA;

EID: 80054993047     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1834     Document Type: Article

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