Comparison between the united states and poland of consumers’ perceptions of organic products

Studies in Agricultural Economics

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-56

  Grzelak, Paweł ^a   Maciejczak, Mariusz ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Consumer perception; Organic farming; Organic market

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923006181     PISSN: 14182106     EISSN: 20630476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7896/j.1302     Document Type: Article

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