Structural transformation or elite land capture? The growth of "emergent" farmers in Zambia

Food Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 194-202

  Sitko, Nicholas J ^a,b   Jayne, T S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Agricultural growth; Elite capture; Land policy; Small scale agriculture; Sub Saharan Africa; Zambia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905448142     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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