Organic Agriculture as Environmental Reform: A Cross-National Investigation

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 369-385

  Knight, Kyle W ^a   Newman, Soren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; cross national; globalization; international nongovernmental organizations; organic agriculture; political economy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXPORT; FARM SIZE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; MODERNIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; ORGANIC FARMING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REFORM PROCESS;

EID: 84875285401     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2012.687070     Document Type: Article

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