Institutional support and in situ conservation in Mexico: Biases against small-scale maize farmers in post-NAFTA agricultural policy

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-28

  Keleman, Alder ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; In situ conservation; Maize; Mexican agricultural policy; Mexico; NAFTA; Neoliberal restructuring; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 75849132083     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-009-9192-y     Document Type: Article

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