Slim pickings: Fairtrade cotton in West Africa

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-55

  Bassett, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Commodity chain; Cotton; Fairtrade; Mali; Organic

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; COTTON; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LIVING STANDARD; ORGANIC FARMING; POWER RELATIONS; RURAL ECONOMY; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 71049116845     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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