Deactivation of field cultivation in communal areas of South Africa: Patterns, drivers and socio-economic and ecological consequences
Authors:
- C.M. ShackletonC.M. Shackleton
- P.J. MograbiP.J. Mograbi
- S. DrimieSDS. Drimie
- D. FayD. Fay
- P. HebinckP. Hebinck
- M.T. HoffmanM.T. Hoffman
- K. MaciejewskiKMK. Maciejewski
- W. TwineW. Twine
- 1 March 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Land Use Policy
- Vol. 82, 686-699
Abstract
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Funding Information
- South African Research Chairs Initiative of the Dept of Science and Technology
- National Research Foundation of South Africa
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