Context and contingency: The coffee crisis for conventional small-scale coffee farmers in Brazil

Geographical Journal

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 223-234

  Watson, Kelly ^a   Achinelli, Moira Laura ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Brazil; Coffee; Globalisation; Neoliberalism; Small scale farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL REFORM; AGRICULTURAL TRADE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARABLE FARMING; COFFEE; CROP PRODUCTION; GLOBALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; SMALLHOLDER;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 50549098964     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2008.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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