Peer-to-peer farmer support for economic development

Producer Organisations and Market Chains: Facilitating Trajectories of Change in Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 71-88

  Blokland, Kees ^a   Gouët, Christian ^b  

^a Agriterra ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84868156612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-623-6     Document Type: Chapter

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