Semi-subsistence Farms and Alternative Food Supply Chains

EuroChoices

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-19

  Gorton, Matthew ^a   Salvioni, Cristina ^b   Hubbard, Carmen ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SUPPLY; SMALLHOLDER; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

ITALY; POLAND; ROMANIA;

EID: 84897933801     PISSN: 14780917     EISSN: 1746692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1746-692X.12045     Document Type: Article

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