Smallholder Livelihood Adaptation in the Context of Neoliberal Policy Reforms: A Case of Maize Farmers in Southern Veracruz, Mexico

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 429-444

  Groenewald, Sytske F ^a   van den Berg, Marrit M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; MAIZE; NAFTA; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY REFORM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SMALLHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84859647870     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2011.615923     Document Type: Article

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