Women's labour and mechanization in mediterranean greenhouse farming

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 249-254

  Manzano Agugliaro, Francisco ^a   García Cruz, Amos ^a   Fernández Sánchez, José Salvador ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Gender; Greenhouse farming; Spain; Time study techniques; Tomato cultivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893201184     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/oa.2013.0141     Document Type: Article

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