Ethiopia's coffee sector: A bitter or better future?

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 225-263

  Petit, Nicolas ^a  

^a NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coffee; Coffee policies; Ethiopia; World market

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COFFEE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33847678032     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2007.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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