Consumers' perceptions and attitudes of organic food products in northern thailand

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-102

  Sangkumchaliang, Parichard ^a   Huang, Wen Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Consumer awareness; Consumer behavior; Food labels; Organic food

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864739263     PISSN: 15592448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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