Potential impacts of EU sugar reform on the Fiji sugar industry

Pacific Economic Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 18-42

  Lal, Padma ^a   Rita, Rashmi ^b  

^a Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat   (Fiji)

^b Fiji Lands Department   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; SUGAR;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 30944442434     PISSN: 08178038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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