Factors influencing organic food purchase in India - expert survey insights

British Food Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 902-915

  Chakrabarti, Somnath ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Buying behaviour; India; Organic foods

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955292138     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701011067497     Document Type: Article

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