A consumer segmentation study with regards to genetically modified food in urban China

Food Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 456-462

  Zhang, Xiaoyong ^a   Huang, Jikun ^b   Qiu, Huanguang ^b   Huang, Zhurong ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Consumers segmentation; Genetically modified food

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD POLICY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

CHINA;

EID: 77956191618     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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