On farm and packhouse: Employment at the bottom of a global value chain

Rural Sociology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-126

  Dolan, Catherine S ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; COMMODITY MARKET; EMPLOYMENT; HORTICULTURE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; RURAL ECONOMY;

EID: 1842810042     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/003601104322919928     Document Type: Article

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