Livelihood improvement and smallholder beekeeping in Kenya: The unrealised potential;L'amélioration des moyens d'existence pour les petits apiculteurs au Kenya

Development in Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 332-345

  Carroll, Thomas ^a   Kinsella, Jim ^b  

^a Kenya based Baraka College   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aid Capacity development; Environment (built and natural) Agriculture; Labour and livelihoods; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; APICULTURE; DEVELOPMENT AID; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SMALLHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

KENYA; RIFT VALLEY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84877856876     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2013.781123     Document Type: Article

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