Can government-allocated land contribute to food security? Intrahousehold analysis of West Bengal's microplot allocation program

World Development

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 860-872

  Santos, Florence ^a   Fletschner, Diana ^a   Savath, Vivien ^a   Peterman, Amber ^b  

^a Landesa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food security; Gender; India; Intrahousehold dynamics; Land rights; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DESIGN; FOOD SECURITY; GENDER ROLE; GOVERNMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INNOVATION; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WOMENS STATUS;

INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84907326924     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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