Migrant Groundnut Farmers in the Gambia
The Persistence of a Nineteenth Century Labor System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11386103 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth Swindell (0000-0001-9008-927X, University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 452-472 |
| Publication date | 1977-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Migration Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0197-9183 • E-ISSN: 1747-7379 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/019791839701100403 |
| PMID | 12278663 |
| OpenAlex | W2009564226 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This paper is an analysis of the Strange Farmers of the Gambia who represent one of the oldest labor migration systems in West Africa. Exploring the formation and continuance of the Strange Farmer system, this paper uses the Gambian Sample Survey of Agriculture, which followed the Population Census of 1973, to present an assessment of the numbers farming, their origins and their distribution within the country
Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Archaeology · Census · Continuance · Distribution (mathematics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Persistence (discontinuity · Political science · Population · Sample (material · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Survey sampling · African history and culture studies · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Demography
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| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1979 - 2022 (44) |
| Highly cited | No |