A seasonal model of contracts between a monopsonistic processor and smallholder pepper producers in Costa Rica

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-20

  Sáenz Segura, Fernando ^a,b   D'Haese, Marijke ^b,c   Schipper, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Collective action; Contracts; Costa Rica; Institutional development; Marketing system; Pepper

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BARGAINING; DICOTYLEDON; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; MARKETING; POLICY MAKING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

PIPER NIGRUM;

EID: 70449123614     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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