Assessing food insecurity in Botswana: The case of Gaborone;L'évaluation de l'insécurité de l'alimentation au Botswana: Le cas de Gaborone

Development in Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 346-358

  Legwegoh, Alexander Fomin ^a   Hovorka, Alice J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environment (built and natural) Food security; Methods; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

DIET; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POLICY MAKING;

BOTSWANA; GABORONE;

EID: 84877855089     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2013.781128     Document Type: Article

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