A social-ecological systems framework for food systems research: Accommodating transformation systems and their products

International Journal of the Commons

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 881-908

  Marshall, Graham R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Common pool resources; Food systems; Institutional diagnosis; Livestock marketing; Social ecological systems; Value chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941959970     PISSN: 18750281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/ijc.587     Document Type: Article

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