Agro-export specialization and food security in a sub-national context: The case of Colombian cut flowers

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 279-294

  Patel Campillo, Anouk ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

flowers; food security; gender; labour; non traditional agricultural exports; trade liberalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954093579     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rsq011     Document Type: Article

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