Food security, food sovereignty, and local challenges for transnational agrarian movements: The Honduras case

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-351

  Boyer, Jefferson ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrarian reform; Farmer to farmer networks; Food security; Food sovereignty; Honduras; Local transnational agrarian Movements

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; AGROINDUSTRY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; FOOD SECURITY; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SELF SUFFICIENCY; SOVEREIGNTY;

HONDURAS;

EID: 77951680981     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066151003594997     Document Type: Article

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