Quality control in nonstaple food markets: Evidence from India

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-266

  Fafchamps, Marcel ^a   Hill, Ruth Vargas ^b   Minten, Bart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop markets; India; Nonstaples; Quality control; Unobservable attributes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD MARKET; FOOD QUALITY; INFRASTRUCTURE; MARKET CONDITIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; SANITATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 43549112899     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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