Potato demand in an increasingly organic marketplace

Agribusiness

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 369-394

  Hsieh, Ming Feng ^a   Mitchell, Paul D ^a   Stiegert, Kyle W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 68949102466     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.20209     Document Type: Article

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