Analysis of social network applications for organic agrifood products

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 176-189

  Scuderi, Alessandro ^a   Sturiale, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consumer; Ecology; Italy; Marketing; Social media; Virtual context

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904803352     PISSN: 14624605     EISSN: 17415004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJARGE.2014.063583     Document Type: Article

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