From colonization to "environmental soy": A case study of environmental and socio-economic valuation in the Amazon soy frontier

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-122

  Steward, Corrina ^a,b  

^a Grassroots International   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Amazon; Biodiversity; Brazil; Development; Forests; Small farmer; Soy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847385837     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-006-9030-4     Document Type: Article

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