Commodity chains, rural development and the global agri-food system

Geography Compass

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 375-394

  Challies, Edward R T ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 58549097125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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