Organizational issues in the agrifood sector: Toward a comparative approach

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 750-755

  Ménard, Claude ^a   Klein, Peter G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTION;

EID: 3242658892     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0002-9092.2004.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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