The pro-competitive effect of coffee cooperatives in chiapas, Mexico

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Milford, Anna B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agricultural cooperatives; Coffee; Fairtrade; Latin America; Market failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879080942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15420485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1542-0485.1362     Document Type: Article

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