Evaluation and reliability of the organic certification system: Perceptions by farmers in Latin America

Sustainable Development

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 311-324

  Albersmeier, Friederike ^a   Schulze, Holger ^a   Spiller, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Farming; Latin America; Organic certification; Quality assurance systems (QASs); Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL TRADE; BUREAUCRACY; CERTIFICATION; FOOD MARKET; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC FARMING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 70350158182     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.426     Document Type: Article

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