The tyranny of taste: The case of organic rice in Cambodia

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-298

  Thavat, Maylee ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agrarian transition; Cambodia; Consumption studies; Organic agriculture; Post productivism

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; AGRICULTURAL TRADE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CROP PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RICE; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; HISTORY; INCOME; LEGAL ASPECT; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC FOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICE; RURAL POPULATION;

CAMBODIA; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPE; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD, ORGANIC; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INCOME; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; ORYZA SATIVA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

CAMBODIA;

EID: 83055169653     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2011.01458.x     Document Type: Article

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