Agriculture and the Generation Problem: Rural Youth, Employment and the Future of Farming

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 9-19

  White, Ben ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; FARMING SYSTEM; RURAL AREA; SMALLHOLDER; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 84867722225     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: 17595436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2012.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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