From 'marketing systems' to 'value chains': What have we learnt since the post-colonial era and where do we go?

Markets, Marketing and Developing Countries: Where We Stand and Where We are Heading

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 18-22

  Poole, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural marketing; Disaggregated agricultural marketing research; Local investment; Policy shifts; Private initiatives; Public intervention; Targeting; Value chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899303159     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3921/978-90-8686-699-1     Document Type: Chapter

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