Selling Guatemala's next Green Revolution: Agricultural modernization and the politics of GM maize regulation

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-134

  Klepek, James ^a  

^a ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural biotechnology; Green Revolution; Guatemala; Mayan

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CIVIL WAR; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD PRODUCTION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; GREEN REVOLUTION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MAIZE; POLITICAL CONFLICT; SMALLHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84868228351     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2012.641326     Document Type: Article

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