Land, power and peace: Tenure formalization, agricultural reform, and livelihood insecurity in rural Rwanda

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 186-196

  Pritchard, Matthew F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Food security; Land tenure; Property rights

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL REFORM; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOOD SECURITY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND TENURE; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POPULATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

RWANDA;

EID: 84859503922     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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