Preferences of Scotch malt whisky consumers for changes in pesticide use and origin of barley

Food Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 719-731

  Glenk, Klaus ^a   Hall, Clare ^a   Liebe, Ulf ^b,c   Meyerhoff, Jürgen ^d  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Food provenance; Pesticides; Scale adjusted latent class model; Scotch malt whisky; Sustainable production

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; BARLEY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD PRODUCTION; PESTICIDE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HORDEUM;

EID: 84866035305     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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