The agrofuels project at large

Critical Sociology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 825-839

  McMichael, Philip ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Agribusiness; Carbon emissions; Energy crisis; Food crisis; Metabolic rift

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749097192     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920509343071     Document Type: Article

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