The role of the public and private sectors in commercializing small farms and reducing transaction costs

Global Supply Chains, Standards and the Poor: How the Globalization of Food Systems and Standards Affects Rural Development and Poverty

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 267-280

  Pingali, Prabhu ^a,b,c   Khwaja, Yasmeen ^d,e,f   Meijer, Madelon ^a  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^b International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)   (United States)

^c Amer Agric Economics Association   (United States)

^d American Academy in Rome   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

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