Food health risk perceptions among consumers, farmers, and traders of leafy vegetables in Nairobi

Food Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-104

  Lagerkvist, Carl Johan ^a   Hess, Sebastian ^a   Okello, Julius ^b   Hansson, Helena ^a   Karanja, Nancy ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Consumers; Farmers; Food health risk; Peri urban farming; Risk perception; Short supply chains; Traders; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

FOOD MARKET; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; LEAFY VEGETABLE; RISK PERCEPTION;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA];

EID: 84870947089     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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