Growing inequality: Agricultural revolutions and the political ecology of rural development

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-199

  Jarosz, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Food sovereignty; Green Revolution; Land grabs; Political ecology; World food crisis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGROECOLOGY; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SECURITY; GREEN REVOLUTION; HUNGER; MALNUTRITION; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

AFRICA;

EID: 84868254786     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2011.600605     Document Type: Article

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