Compliance with international food safety standards in Kenya's green bean industry: Comparison of a small- and a large-scale farm producing for export

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 269-285

  Okello, Julius J ^a   Swinton, Scott M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34147154209     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2006.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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