Consumer preferences regarding the introduction of new organic products. The case of the Mediterranean sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in Italy

Appetite

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 84-91

  Mauracher, C ^a   Tempesta, T ^b   Vecchiato, D ^b,c  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice experiments; Fish; Marketing; Organic food; Sea bass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GROUPS BY AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MARKET; OCCUPATION; PERCIFORMES; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BASS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD, ORGANIC; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAFOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84872720918     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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