Marketing cooperative vs. commission agent: The Turkish dilemma on the modern fresh fruit and vegetable market

Food Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 272-279

  Lemeilleur, Sylvaine ^a   Codron, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UMR MOISA   (France)

Author keywords

Commission agent; Cooperative; Fresh fruit and vegetables; Organizational costs; Public regulation; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD POLICY; FRUIT; MARGINALIZATION; MARKETING; VEGETABLE;

TURKEY;

EID: 79952312323     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.11.024     Document Type: Article

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