Buy local, pollute less: What drives households to join a community supported farm?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1488-1495

  Bougherara, Douadia ^a   Grolleau, Gilles ^b   Mzoughi, Naoufel ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^c INRA Ecodeveloppement   (France)

Author keywords

Community supported agriculture; Food supply; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; CONTRACT FARMING; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SUPPLY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60549091705     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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