Global-Local Tensions in Contract Farming of Biofuel Crops Involving Indigenous Communities in the Philippines

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 239-253

  Montefrio, Marvin Joseph F ^a   Sonnenfeld, David A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

biofuels; contract farming; environmental flows; global networks; indigenous peoples; Jatropha; the Philippines

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CONTRACT FARMING; CROP PRODUCTION; ETHNIC CONFLICT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PRIVATE LAND; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84873917084     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2012.682114     Document Type: Article

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