Agricultural outsourcing: A two-headed coin?

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-27

  Azadi, Hossein ^a   Houshyar, Ehsan ^b   Zarafshani, Kiumars ^c   Hosseininia, Gholamhossein ^d   Witlox, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^c RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Agricultural investment; Land deal; Land grab; Neo colonialism

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC STRENGTH; HOST COUNTRIES; LAND DEAL; LAND GRAB; NEO-COLONIALISM; OUTSOURCERS; WIN-WIN;

AGRICULTURE;

OUTSOURCING;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; COLONIALISM; ECONOMIC IMPACT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84868329035     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.10.002     Document Type: Review

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