Determining barriers to sustainability within the Costa Rican coffee industry

Sustainable Development

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 229-241

  Adams, M A ^a   Ghaly, Abdel E ^b  

^a Eco Innovations Engineering   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers; Coffee industry; Costa Rica; Sustainability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; FOOD INDUSTRY; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 34547766986     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.314     Document Type: Article

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