Alternative food in the global south: Reflections on a direct marketing initiative in Kenya

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-34

  Freidberg, Susanne ^a   Goldstein, Lissa ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD SUPPLY; MARKETING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; ORGANIC FARMING; SMALLHOLDER;

KENYA;

EID: 79151485722     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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