The Search for Value and Meaning in the Cocoa Supply Chain in Costa Rica

Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1466-1487

  Haynes, Jessica ^a   Cubbage, Frederick ^a   Mercer, Evan ^b   Sills, Erin ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; Cocoa; Costa rica; Integration of meaning; Marketing; Supply chain; Trade

Indexed keywords

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84864339043     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su4071466     Document Type: Article

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