Brewing a bitter cup? Deregulation, quality and the re-organization of coffee marketing in East Africa

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 248-272

  Ponte, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coffee; East Africa; Global commodity chains; Market liberalization

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; COMMODITY MARKET; DEREGULATION; MARKETING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0000420618     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0366.00033     Document Type: Article

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