Agricultural Modernization and Climate Change in Vietnam's Post-Socialist Transition

Development and Change

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-99

  Fortier, François ^a   Thi Thu Trang, Tran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD SECURITY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MODERNIZATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

VIET NAM;

EID: 84872418038     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dech.12001     Document Type: Article

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