Consumer attitudes to different pig production systems: A study from mainland China

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 443-455

  de Barcellos, Marcia Dutra ^a   Grunert, Klaus G ^b   Zhou, Yanfeng ^c   Verbeke, Wim ^d   Perez Cueto, F J A ^e   Krystallis, Athanasios ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

China; Conjoint analysis; Consumers; Pig production systems; Survey

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 84883765251     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-012-9416-4     Document Type: Article

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