Food sovereignty: An alternative paradigm for poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation in Latin America

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  Chappell, M Jahi ^a,b   Wittman, Hannah ^c   Bacon, Christopher M ^d   Ferguson, Bruce G ^e   Barrios, Luis García ^e   Barrios, Raúl García ^f   Jaffee, Daniel ^g   Lima, Jefferson ^h   Méndez, V Ernesto ⁱ   Morales, Helda ^e   Soto Pinto, Lorena ^e   Vandermeer, John ^j   Perfecto, Ivette ^j  

^a Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^f INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^g PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Instituto de Pesquisas Ecologicas   (Brazil)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; AGROECOSYSTEM; AGROFORESTRY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; CENTRAL AMERICAN; COFFEE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL LAND REFORM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SECURITY; GUATEMALA; INCOME; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LEGAL ASPECT; MEXICO; MILPA; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; POVERTY REDUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 84914811524     PISSN: 20461402     EISSN: 1759796X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.2-235.v1     Document Type: Article

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