The politics of biofuels, land and agrarian change: Editors' introduction

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 575-592

  Borras Jr , Saturnino M ^a   McMichael, Philip ^b   Scoones, Ian ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrarian movements; Biofuels; Land grabbing; Via campesina

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; BIOFUEL;

AGRARIAN CHANGE; BIOFUEL; LANDOWNERSHIP; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CROP; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGRICULTURE; AGROCHEMICALS; BIOFUELS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 77957038810     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2010.512448     Document Type: Article

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