Private agrifood governance: Conclusions, observations and provocations

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 443-451

  Henson, Spencer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food; Private governance; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960982507     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-011-9309-y     Document Type: Article

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