Which agricultural choices to meet transformation challenges in africa debating small-scale versus large-scale;Quelles agricultures face aux défis des transitions africaines? Le small-scale versus large-scale en débat

Cahiers Agricultures

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-15

  Losch, Bruno ^a   Fréguin Gresh, Sandrine ^b  

^a UMR ART Dev   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Demography; Employment; Family farms; Structural change; Subsaharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875936018     PISSN: 11667699     EISSN: 17775949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/agr.2012.0573     Document Type: Article

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