Agricultural marketing institutions: A response to quality disputes

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Dimitri, Carolyn ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; Enforcement; Inspections; Institutional innovation; Institutions; Marketing; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844347372     PISSN: 15420485     EISSN: 15420485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-0485.1035     Document Type: Article

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