A spot of coffee in crisis: Nicaraguan smallholder cooperatives, fair trade networks, and gendered empowerment

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 50-71

  Bacon, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coffee; Empowerment; Gender; Nicaragua; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COFFEE; COOPERATIVE SECTOR; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; EMPOWERMENT; GENDER RELATIONS; NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS; SMALLHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE RELATIONS; WOMENS STATUS;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 77952823012     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: 1552678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X09356958     Document Type: Article

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