Food security and the justification of productivism in New Zealand

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-58

  Rosin, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Food security; Greenhouse gas mitigation; Ideology; Productivism; Utopia

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOOD SECURITY; GREENHOUSE GAS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84873289458     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

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