"Agro-terrorism? The causes and consequences of the appearance of witch's broom disease in cocoa plantations of southern Bahia, Brazil"

Geoforum

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-157

  Caldas, Marcellus M ^a   Perz, Stephen ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agro terrorism; Biocrime; Brazil; Cocoa economy; Social marginalization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; BIOTERRORISM; COCOA; CRIME; MARGINALIZATION; PATHOGEN; SECURITY THREAT;

BRAZIL; CHINA; YUNNAN;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84878485914     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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