Meeting market demand in the organic sector: Handler-supplier relationships in the face of tight supply

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-145

  Dimitri, C ^a   Oberholtzer, L ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural contracts; Certified organic; Farmers; Handlers; Intermediaries; Logistic regression; Market demand; Organic; Procurement; Supplier; Supply chain; Survey data

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROINDUSTRY; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD SUPPLY; ORGANIC FARMING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649655763     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170509002518     Document Type: Article

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