Consumer preferences as drivers of the common bean trade in Tanzania: A Marketing Perspective

Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-127

  Mishili, Fulgence Joseph ^a   Temu, Anna ^a   Fulton, Joan ^b   Lowenberg Deboer, J ^b  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beans; Consumer preferences; Hedonic mode; Markets; Storage; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953748418     PISSN: 08974438     EISSN: 15286983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08974438.2011.558761     Document Type: Article

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