A new system of labour management in african large-scale agriculture?

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-128

  Gibbon, Peter ^a   Riisgaard, Lone ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Africa; Convention theory; Labour; Large scale agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; CROP PRODUCTION; FARMING SYSTEM; LABOR RELATIONS;

KENYA;

EID: 84888872623     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joac.12043     Document Type: Article

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