'What good will two more trees do?' The political economy of sustainable coffee certification, local livelihoods and identities

Landscape Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-240

  Lyon, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coffee; Conservation; Guatemala; Organic

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL TRADE; CERTIFICATION; COFFEE; CULTURAL IDENTITY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; ORGANIC FARMING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SMALLHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70449360637     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426390802390673     Document Type: Article

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