Global nuts and local mangoes: A critical reading of the UNDP Growing Sustainable Business Initiative in Kenya

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-383

  Gregoratti, Catia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farmers; Millennium development goals; Poverty reduction; Public private partnerships; Sustainable investment; UNDP

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960984467     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-009-9211-z     Document Type: Article

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