Governance mechanisms in food community networks

Italian Journal of Food Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 98-104

  Pascucci, S ^a   Lombardi, A ^b   Cembalo, L ^b   Dentoni, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community supported agriculture; Credence food transactions; Food community network; Governance mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875163781     PISSN: 11201770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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