Farming Systems and Rural Out-Migration in Nang Rong, Thailand, and Chitwan Valley, Nepal

Rural Sociology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-108

  Piotrowski, Martin ^a   Ghimire, Dirgha ^b   Rindfuss, Ronald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Center of Virginia and North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; RURAL AREA; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

BURIRAM; CHITWAN; NANG RONG; NARAYANI; NEPAL; NORTHEASTERN REGION; THAILAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84874457189     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ruso.12000     Document Type: Article

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