Evaluating the likelihood of the adoption of an animal welfare assessment system in European agri-food supply chains

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-79

  Aramyan, Lusine ^a   Ingenbleek, Paul ^a   Backus, Gé ^a   de Roest, Kees ^b   Tranter, Richard ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Research Centre on Animal Production   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption likelihood; Animal husbandry; Conjoint analysis; European Union; Poultry; Quality assurance; Quality assurance systems; Retailers; Standards formulating organisations; Welfare assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872044554     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656711311288423     Document Type: Article

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