The impacts of supermarket procurement on farming communities in India: Evidence from rural Karnataka

Development Policy Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-456

  Pritchard, Bill ^a   Gracy, C P ^b   Godwin, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Agrifood; India; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; MARKET CONDITIONS; RETAILING; RURAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 77954188068     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2010.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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