Abandoning farms in search of food: Food remittance and household food security in Ghana

African Geographical Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-139

  Kuuire, Vincent ^a   Mkandawire, Paul ^b   Arku, Godwin ^a   Luginaah, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

coping strategies; food remittance; livelihoods; migration; poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879831094     PISSN: 19376812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2013.791630     Document Type: Article

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