Why do farm entrepreneurs sell at farmers' markets? Insights from Norway

The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural Development

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 199-217

  Veidal, Asbjørn ^a   Flaten, Ola ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

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