Consumer segments in urban and suburban farmers markets

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Elepu, Gabriel ^a   Mazzocco, Michael A ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Consumer segments; Farmers markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957873009     PISSN: 15592448     EISSN: 15592448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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