Collective action for smallholder market access

Food Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Markelova, Helen ^a   Meinzen Dick, Ruth ^a   Hellin, Jon ^b   Dohrn, Stephan ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Collective action; High value crops; Market access; Public and private sectors; Smallholder

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD MARKET; INCOME; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL ECONOMY; SMALLHOLDER;

EID: 58249093818     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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