African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6865

Full Length Research Paper

Supermarket chains and small farmers in Africa: A new look from the perspective of New Institutional Economics

Valdecir José Zonin1*, César Augustus Winck2, Wilson João Zonin3, Alex Leonardi4 and João Armando Dessimon Machado5
1Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul – UFFS, Chapecó- SC, Brasil. 2Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina - UNOESC, Joaçaba - SC, Brasil. 3Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentável, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná UNIOESTE – Marechal Cândido Rondon – PR, Brasil. 4Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Santo Antônio da Patrulha - RS, Brasil. 5Centro de Estudos e Pesquisa em Agronegócios- CEPAN, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 18 December 2013
  •  Published: 09 January 2014

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