Agricultural cooperatives and rural livelihoods: Evidence from Ethiopia

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-198

  Getnet, Kindie ^a   Anullo, Tsegaye ^b  

^a IWMI East Africa and Nile Basin   (Ethiopia)

^b SNNPR   (Ethiopia)

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EID: 84860284354     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8292.2012.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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