Producer organizations, family farms and market connection: Lessons for emerging biodiesel supply chains in Brazil

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 101-108

  Dal Belo Leite, João Guilherme ^a,b,c   Bijman, Jos ^b   Van Ittersum, Martin K ^b   Slingerland, Maja ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Collective action; Producer organizations; Rural development; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921051980     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: 20436866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/oa.2014.0159     Document Type: Article

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