Factors influencing the perception of organic certification logos in Turkey

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-46

  Uysal, Özlem Karahan ^a   Miran, Bülent ^a   Abay, Canan ^a   Boyaci, Murat ^a   Janssen, Meike ^b   Hamm, Ulrich ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer preference; Logo; Ordered logit; Organic certification; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CERTIFICATION; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; ORGANIC FOOD; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84874538290     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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