New institutional arrangements and standard adoption: Evidence from small-scale fruit and vegetable farmers in Thailand

Food Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 452-462

  Kersting, Sarah ^a   Wollni, Meike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food safety; GlobalGAP adoption; New institutional arrangements; Private standards; Small scale farmers

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; FOOD SAFETY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; VEGETABLE;

THAILAND;

EID: 84861396281     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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