Collective action for smallholder market access: Evidence and implications for Africa

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 621-640

  Markelova, Helen ^a   Mwangi, Esther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Center for International Forestry Research CIFOR   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Africa; Collective action; Markets; Producer groups

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COLLECTIVE ACTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MARKET CONDITIONS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY APPROACH; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SMALLHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA;

EID: 77957281273     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2010.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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