Explaining the 'hungry farmer paradox': Smallholders and fair trade cooperatives navigate seasonality and change in Nicaragua's corn and coffee markets

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 133-149

  Bacon, Christopher M ^a   Sundstrom, William A ^a   Flores Gómez, María Eugenia ^b   Ernesto Mendez V ^c   Santos, Rica ^a   Goldoftas, Barbara ^d   Dougherty, Ian ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Economics Santa Clara University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Central America; Food systems; Institutions; Participatory action research; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84898407925     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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