Organic farming, gender, and the labor process

Rural Sociology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 289-316

  Hall, Alan ^a   Mogyorody, Veronika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKING; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; GENDER ROLE; ORGANIC FARMING;

EID: 34250025660     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/003601107781170035     Document Type: Article

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