Producer satisfaction with returns from farmers' market related activity

American Journal of Alternative Agriculture

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 80-86

  Govindasamy, Ramu ^a   Italia, John ^b   Zurbriggen, Marta ^a   Hossain, Ferdaus ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Farmers' market; Logistic model; Producer characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC FARMING; PROFITABILITY; RETAILING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038609634     PISSN: 08891893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/AJAA200238     Document Type: Article

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