Supermarkets and small horticultural product farmers in Central America

Global Supply Chains, Standards and the Poor: How the Globalization of Food Systems and Standards Affects Rural Development and Poverty

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 134-144

  Berdegué, Julio A ^a   Reardon, Thomas ^b   Balsevich, Fernando ^b   Flores, Luis G ^b   Hernández, Ricardo A ^b,c  

^a CEDIT Center for the Integrated Development of Territories   (Chile)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Food Industry Development for Central American and Nicaraguan   (United States)

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