Arkansas catfish farmers and marketing contracts: Some insights into motivations

Aquaculture Economics and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-51

  Quagrainie, Kwamena ^a   Kuethe, Todd ^a   Engle, Carole ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF   (United States)

Author keywords

Catfish; Contracting; Market transaction

Indexed keywords

CONTRACT FARMING; FISHING INDUSTRY; MARKETING; PROBABILITY; TELEOST;

ARKANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947151039     PISSN: 13657305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13657300701202692     Document Type: Article

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