Food Sovereignty and Food Security: Livelihood Strategies Pursued by Farmers during the Maize Monoculture Boom in Northern Thailand

Food Sovereignty and Food Security: Livelihood Strategies Pursued by Farmers during the Maize Monoculture Boom in Northern Thailand

Northern Thailand is the center of a number of controversies surrounding changing cropping patterns, in particular related to deforestation driven by the expansion of maize monocropping by peasant farmers. Growing demand for maize by the global livestock industry has driven the conversion of land fr...

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Main Authors: Sayamol Charoenratana, Cholnapa Anukul, Peter M. Rosset
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
food security
food sovereignty
sustainability
land scarcity
community right
Thailand
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/17/9821

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