The role of landholding as a determinant of food and nutrition insecurity in rural Myanmar

World Development

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 597-608

  Rammohan, Anu ^a   Pritchard, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food and nutrition security; Land tenure; Myanmar

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD SECURITY; LAND TENURE; LANDHOLDING; NUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

MYANMAR;

EID: 84904890208     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.06.029     Document Type: Article

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