Enabling food sovereignty and a prosperous future for peasants by understanding the factors that marginalise peasants and lead to poverty and hunger

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-246

  Naranjo, Sofia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Food sovereignty; Peasant; Rural poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861223624     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-011-9345-7     Document Type: Article

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