Smallholder irrigators and fresh produce street traders in thohoyandou, limpopo province, south africa

Rural Development and the Construction of New Markets

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 131-148

  Manyelo, Kgabo W ^a   Van Averbeke, Wim ^a   Hebinck, Paul ^b,c  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

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