The Complexity of Feminization of Garlic Production in the Era of Trade Liberalization in Northern ThailandFootnote¹

1 This article is a part of the author’s PhD dissertation at Chiang Mai University. Part of the research was supported by the project “Challenges of Agrarian Transition in Southeast Asia (ChATSEA),” sponsored by the Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI) of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), for which the author is grateful.

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