Is Fair Trade-Organic coffee sustainable in the face of migration? Evidence from a Oaxacan Community

Globalizations

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-290

  Lewis, Jessa ^a   Runsten, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 69849123557     PISSN: 14747731     EISSN: 1474774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14747730802057738     Document Type: Article

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