Cricket farming as a livelihood strategy in Thailand

Geographical Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 112-124

  Halloran, Afton ^a   Roos, Nanna ^a   Hanboonsong, Yupa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

edible insects; human capital; rural development; rural livelihoods; social capital; Thailand

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; HUMAN CAPITAL; INSECT; LIVELIHOOD; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

THAILAND;

GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84981164381     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geoj.12184     Document Type: Article

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