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Institutions, production and transaction costs in the value chain of organic tomatoes and sweet peppers in tourist hotels, Unguja and Arusha

Shadrack J. MbapilaSchool of Agricultural Economics and Business Studies, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.O. Box 3007, Morogoro, TanzaniaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1363-7612View further author information
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Evelyne A. LazaroSchool of Agricultural Economics and Business Studies, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.O. Box 3007, Morogoro, TanzaniaView further author information
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Konstantinos KarantininisDepartment of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), P.O. Box 7013, se-750 07, Uppsala, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Fatih YildizFood Engineering and Biotechnology, Middle East Technical University, AnkaraTurkeyView further author information
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Article: 1631581 | Received 07 Dec 2018, Published online: 27 Jun 2019

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