Regulating sustainability in the coffee sector: A comparative analysis of third-party environmental and social certification initiatives

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  2007

• Venue

  Agriculture and Human Values

• Publication date

  2007-03-20

• Fields of study

  Law, Business, Economics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/S10460-006-9047-8
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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