Developing Agricultural Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: Organic Cocoa in Rural Uganda

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Developing Agricultural Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa : Organic Cocoa in Rural Uganda . / Jones, Edward Samuel; Gibbon, Peter .

In: Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 47, No. 10, 2011, p. 1595-1618.

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Jones, ES & Gibbon, P 2011, 'Developing Agricultural Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: Organic Cocoa in Rural Uganda ', Journal of Development Studies, vol. 47, no. 10, pp. 1595-1618. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2011.579107

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Jones, E. S., & Gibbon, P. (2011). Developing Agricultural Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: Organic Cocoa in Rural Uganda . Journal of Development Studies, 47(10), 1595-1618. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2011.579107

Vancouver

Jones ES, Gibbon P. Developing Agricultural Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: Organic Cocoa in Rural Uganda . Journal of Development Studies. 2011;47(10):1595-1618. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2011.579107

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Jones, Edward Samuel ; Gibbon, Peter . / Developing Agricultural Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa : Organic Cocoa in Rural Uganda . In: Journal of Development Studies. 2011 ; Vol. 47, No. 10. pp. 1595-1618.

Bibtex

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