Consumer perception of different organic certification schemes in five European countries

Organic Agriculture

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-43

  Janssen, Meike ^a   Hamm, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer perception; Organic certification; Organic food; Organic logos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857656506     PISSN: 18794238     EISSN: 18794246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13165-010-0003-y     Document Type: Article

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