The impact of fair trade in banana plantations in Ghana: Income, ownership and livelihoods of banana workers

The Impact of Fair Trade

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 137-152

  Ruben, Ruerd ^a   Van Schendel, Lucie ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 80053141472     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-647-2     Document Type: Chapter

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