Food sovereignty: The debate, the deadlock, and a suggested detour

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 119-130

  Hospes, Otto ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food governance; Food sovereignty; Food values; Food violence; Reconciling conflicting values on food; Sovereignty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919708116     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: 15728366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-013-9449-3     Document Type: Article

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