At what price rice? Food security, livelihood vulnerability, and state interventions in upland northern Vietnam

Geoforum

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-105

  Bonnin, Christine ^a   Turner, Sarah ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnic minorities; Everyday politics; Food security; Livelihoods; Resistance; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC MINORITY; FOOD SECURITY; MAIZE; RICE; STATE ROLE; UPLAND REGION;

LAO CAI; VIET NAM;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80054996034     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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