How stable is the value basis for organic food consumption in China?

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 134, Issue , 2016, Pages 214-224

  Thøgersen, John ^a   Zhou, Yanfeng ^b   Huang, Guang ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guangdong University of Finance and Economics   (China)

Author keywords

China; Organic food; Structural equation modeling; Survey; Values

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLY; PURCHASING; SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

CHINA; GUANGZHOU , CHINA; LEAP-FROGGING; ORGANIC FOODS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION; VALUES; WESTERN COUNTRIES;

VEGETABLES;

EID: 84933054693     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.036     Document Type: Article

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