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

This article investigates the process of development in a traditional African export market, focusing on a contract farming scheme for organic cocoa in rural Uganda. Based on a repeated household survey, we measure the impact of the scheme on the income of participants and the economic mechanisms be...

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Published in:Journal of Development Studies Vol. 47; no. 10; pp. 1595 - 1619
Main Authors: Jones, Sam, Gibbon, Peter
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct2011
Subjects:
Cocoa
Agriculture
Exports
Household surveys
Farmers
Uganda
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          Department of Economics, Development Economics Research Group (DERG), University of Copenhagen, Denmark
          Global Economy, Regulation and Development Unit, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark
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