What determines purchasing behaviour for organic and integrated fruits and vegetables?

Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-122

  Kuhar, A ^a   Juvancic, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Fruit and vegetable; Integrated agricultural production; Ordered probit model; Organic food; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956449670     PISSN: 13100351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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