Rural livelihoods: Interplay between farm activities, non-farm activities and the resource base

Science for Agriculture and Rural Development in Low-income Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 77-95

  Kuiper, Marijke ^a   Meijerink, Gerdien ^a   Eaton, Derek ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84898152100     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6617-7_5     Document Type: Chapter

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