Measuring consumer preferences regarding organic labelling and the JAS label in particular

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-254

  Sakagami, Masaji ^a   Sato, Masayuki ^b   Ueta, Kazuhiro ^b  

^a NIHON FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Consumer preferences; JAS; Organic label

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECOLABELING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 33750199638     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2006.9513715     Document Type: Article

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