Mineral industries, growth corridors and agricultural development in Africa

Global Food Security

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 195-202

  Weng, Lingfei ^a   Boedhihartono, Agni Klintuni ^a   Dirks, Paul H G M ^a   Dixon, John ^b   Lubis, Muhammad Irfansyah ^a   Sayer, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

African growth corridors; Agricultural intensification; Extractive industries; Population movements; Rural governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884208626     PISSN: 22119124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2013.07.003     Document Type: Review

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