Food security and social protection in highland Ethiopia: Linking the Productive Safety Net to the land question

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 459-485

  Lavers, Tom ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LANDOWNERSHIP; RURAL AREA; RURAL PLANNING; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; UPLAND REGION;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84881408163     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X13000402     Document Type: Article

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