Supporting Smallholders to Access Sustainable Supply Chains: Lessons from the Indian Cotton Supply Chain

Sustainable Development

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 289-310

  Fayet, Laia ^a   Vermeulen, Walter J V ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Cotton; India; Private standards; Self regulation; Smallholders; Stakeholder engagement, sustainable development; Supply chain governance

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; COTTON; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SMALLHOLDER; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INDIA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84939271815     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.1540     Document Type: Article

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