Small producers, supermarkets, and the role of intermediaries in Turkey's fresh fruit and vegetable market

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 807-816

  Bignebat, Céline ^a   Koç, Ahmet Ali ^b   Lemeilleur, Sylvaine ^a  

^a UMR MOISA   (France)

^b Adkeniz University   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fresh fruit and vegetables; Small farmers; Supermarkets; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROINDUSTRY; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FRUIT; STANDARD (REGULATION); VEGETABLE;

TURKEY;

EID: 73149122548     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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