Small Farmers and Big Retail: Trade-offs of Supplying Supermarkets in Nicaragua
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- Michelson, Hope & Reardon, Thomas & Perez, Francisco Jose, 2010. "Small Farmers and Big Retail: trade-offs of supplying supermarkets in Nicaragua," Staff Paper Series 62124, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
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