Group culture and smallholder participation in value chains: French beans in Kenya

Vegetable Production and Marketing in Africa: Socio-economic Research

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 97-110

  Paalhaar, Janneke ^a   Jansen, Kees ^b  

^a Wageningen University ^*

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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