Are groups a good thing? Evaluating group associations among vegetable farmers in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Development in Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 406-419

  Cadzow, Hana ^a   Binns, Tony ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aid Development policies; Civil society NGOs; Conflict and reconstruction; Environment (built and natural) Agriculture; Gender and diversity; Labour and livelihoods; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; GENDER RELATIONS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LABOR; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PERIURBAN AREA; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; URBAN AGRICULTURE;

FREETOWN; SIERRA LEONE; WESTERN AREA;

EID: 84963685067     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2016.1159662     Document Type: Article

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