Environmental certification: Standardization for diversity

Agriculture, Biodiversity and Markets: Livelihoods and Agroecology in Comparative Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 155-174

  Mutersbaugh, Tad ^a   Klooster, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

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EID: 84871729394     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849774376     Document Type: Chapter

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