Assessment of what the consumer values in fresh fruit quality: Case study of Oman

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-243

  Opara, Linus U ^a   Al Said, Fahad A ^a   Al Abri, Aamna ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Consumer preference; Fruit; Post purchase losses; Produce origin; Quality attributes; Sultanate of Oman; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; MARKETING; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

CITRUS SINENSIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MUSA ACUMINATA; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 34547758453     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140670709510190     Document Type: Article

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