Reframing 'Crisis' in fair trade coffee production: Trajectories of agrarian change in Nicaragua

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-73

  Fraser, James ^a   Fisher, Eleanor ^b   Arce, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agrarian change; Coffee; Development; Fair trade; Nicaragua

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL TRADE; COFFEE; CROP PRODUCTION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRADE FLOW; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 84888859720     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joac.12014     Document Type: Article

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