Delivering the goods: Fair trade, solidarity, and the moral economy of the coffee contract in Nicaragua

Human Organization

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 177-187

  Wilson, Bradley ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coffee; contract farming; Fair Trade; Nicaragua; solidarity

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; CONTRACT FARMING; GOODS EXCHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MORALITY; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 84882644575     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.72.3.f678404745007011     Document Type: Article

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