Farmer-buyer relationships in China: The effects of contracts, trust and market environment

China Agricultural Economic Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-53

  Zhang, Xiaoyong ^a   Hu, Dinghuan ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Agriculture; China; Contracts; Market system; Supply chain management; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955495597     PISSN: 1756137X     EISSN: 17561388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17561371111103534     Document Type: Article

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