Crop diversification, dietary diversity and agricultural income: Empirical evidence from eight developing countries

Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 211-227

  Pellegrini, Lorenzo ^a   Tasciotti, Luca ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

crop diversification; crop income; dietary diversity; household survey data; nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; CROP PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIET; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; NUTRITION; RURAL ECONOMY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 84903385884     PISSN: 02255189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02255189.2014.898580     Document Type: Article

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