The production relations of contract farming in Honduras

GeoJournal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-82

  Imbruce, Valerie ^a  

^a BENNINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contract farming; Export agriculture; Globalization; Honduras; Labor; Rural development

Indexed keywords

CANNING; COMPETITION; CONTRACTS; EARTH SCIENCES; FOOD PRESERVATION;

AGRIFOOD; CONTRACT FARMING; EXPORT AGRICULTURE; EXPORT MARKETS; GLOBALIZATION; HONDURAS; LABOR; LABOR ORGANIZATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL TENSIONS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; EXPORT; GLOBALIZATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; VEGETABLE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HONDURAS;

EID: 49849102359     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-008-9179-z     Document Type: Article

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