Consumer attitudes towards and willingness to pay for pesticide residue limit compliant "safe" vegetables in northeast Thailand

Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-101

  Posri, Wilatsana ^a   Shankar, Bhavani ^b   Chadbunchachai, Supatra ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food safety; Pesticide residue; Thailand; Vegetables; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845731758     PISSN: 08974438     EISSN: 15286983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J047v19n01_05     Document Type: Article

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