Title: Organic cacao chain for development : the case of the Talamanca small-farmers association

Authors: Slingerland, Maja and Dيaz Gonzalez, Enrique

Place: [Dordrecht]

Publisher: Springer

Year: cop. 2006

Journal: [Wageningen UR Frontis series

Volume: 14]

PAGE: 165--177

Subject: Value Chains for Development

Keywords: agribusiness, agricultural co-operatives, cocoa, organic farming, export promotion, training programmes, economics of scale, latin america, costa rica, united states

Abstract: The Talamanca Small-Farmers Association (APPTA) has greatly stimulated the development of organic cacao from south-eastern Costa Rica. It has created economies of scale and provided intensive training to its members.

URL: http://library.wur.nl/frontis/agro-food_chains/14_slingerland.pdf

Document type: Portal