What Tanzania's coffee farmers can teach the world: A performance-based look at the fair trade-free trade debate

Sustainable Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-189

  Parrish, Bradley D ^a   Luzadis, Valerie A ^b   Bentley, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Coffee; East Africa; Fair trade; Smallholder development; Sustainable livelihoods; Tanzania; TechnoServe

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; COMMODITY PRICE; FREE TRADE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WORLD;

EID: 22744433809     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.276     Document Type: Article

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