Food insecure household coping strategies: The case of a low income neighborhood in South Africa

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 13 SPEC. ISSUE, 2014, Pages 100-106

  Grobler, Wynand C J ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coping Strategies; Food insecurity; Food Security; Urban food insecure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906909661     PISSN: 20399340     EISSN: 20392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n13p100     Document Type: Article

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