Agriculture, Land Tenure and International Migration in Rural Guatemala

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 123-144

  Aguilar Støen, Mariel ^a   Taylor, Matthew ^b   Castellanos, Edwin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Coffee; Land use change; Palm oil; Remittances

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COFFEE; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; LAND USE CHANGE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REMITTANCE; RURAL SOCIETY;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84949818929     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joac.12091     Document Type: Article

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