Building Supply Systems from Scratch: The Case of the Castor Bean for Biodiesel Chain in Minas Gerais, Brazil

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-198

  Watanabe, Kassia ^a   Zylbersztajn, Decio ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agro industrial System (AGS); Biodiesel production system; Castor bean; Family Farmers; Institutional Arrangement; Minas Gerais, Brazil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921059826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18696945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18461/ijfsd.v3i2.327     Document Type: Article

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