Standards and corporate reconstruction in the Michigan dry bean industry

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 311-323

  Bingen, Jim ^a,b   Siyengo, Andile ^a,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Resource Development   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accountability; Bean elevators; Dry beans; Food and agricultural standards; Grades; Negotiation; Processors and canners; Regulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144439951     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021192018032     Document Type: Article

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