Food sovereignty: forgotten genealogies and future regulatory challenges

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 959-978

  Edelman, Marc ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; Central America; Costa Rica; food security; food sovereignty; Mexico; social movements

Indexed keywords

ANANAS COMOSUS;

EID: 84919873724     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2013.876998     Document Type: Article

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