Fair Trade Rooibos tea: Connecting South African producers and American consumer markets

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-83

  Raynolds, Laura T ^a   Ngcwangu, Siphelo Unathi ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Commodity networks; Fair Trade; Rooibos; South Africa; Tea; United States

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; EMPOWERMENT; EXPORT; LAND REFORM; MARKET; POST-APARTHEID; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEA; TRADE;

AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

ASPALATHUS LINEARIS;

EID: 70749093909     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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