Implications of sustainable agricultural intensification for family farming in Africa: Anthropological perspectives

Anthropological Notebooks

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 9-29

  Snyder, Katherine A ^a   Cullen, Beth ^b  

^a International Institute for Tropical Agriculture   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Development and anthropology; Family farms; Smallholder farmers; Sustainable intensification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920266665     PISSN: 1408032X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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