The political ecology of dietary transitions: Changing production and consumption patterns in the Kolli Hills, India

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-353

  Finnis, Elizabeth ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural transitions; Dietary transitions; Political ecology; Rural India

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547573315     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-007-9070-4     Document Type: Article

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