Empowering Freetown's women farmers

Applied Geography

Volumn 74, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-11

  Cadzow, Hana ^a   Binns, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Development; Livelihoods; Sierra Leone; Sub Saharan Africa; Sustainability; Urban and peri urban agriculture; Women

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; EMPOWERMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AGRICULTURE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

FREETOWN; SIERRA LEONE; WESTERN AREA;

EID: 84977651385     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.06.010     Document Type: Article

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