Impacts of Fair Trade certification on coffee farmers, cooperatives, and laborers in Nicaragua

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-333

  Valkila, Joni ^a   Nygren, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Certification; Coffee cooperatives; Fair Trade; Labor conditions; Nicaragua; Producers; Social premium

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955770343     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-009-9208-7     Document Type: Article

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