A political ecology of high-input agriculture in northern Ghana

African Geographical Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-35

  Nyantakyi Frimpong, Hanson ^a   Kerr, Rachel Bezner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

food policy; food security; gender politics; northern Ghana; political ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923634637     PISSN: 19376812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2014.929971     Document Type: Article

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