Maintaining subsistence security in Western Samoa

Geoforum

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-187

  Paulson, Deborah D ^a   Rogers, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Samoa)

Author keywords

Agricultural transformation; Agro food systems alternative; Global integration; Globalization of agriculture; Pacific agriculture; Subsistence security

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBALISATION; RURAL PLANNING; SOCIAL PLANNING; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

SAMOA(WESTERN);

EID: 0031431986     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7185(97)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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