Does social network capital buy higher agricultural prices? a case of coffee in masaka district, uganda

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 573-585

  Mawejje, Joseph ^a   Holden, Stein Terje ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coffee prices; Markets; Social capital; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; COFFEE; COMMODITY PRICE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PRICE DETERMINATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

MASAKA; UGANDA;

EID: 84924861883     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJSE-03-2013-0066     Document Type: Article

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