Do farmers benefit from participating in specialty markets and cooperatives? The case of coffee marketing in Costa Rica

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 243-248

  Wollni, Meike ^a   Zeller, Manfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central America; Coffee; Cooperatives; Costa Rica; Specialty markets

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE; COFFEE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MARKET; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PRICE DYNAMICS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 36849017928     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00270.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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