"Rationally Local": Consumer Participation in Alternative Food Chains

Agribusiness

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 330-352

  Cembalo, Luigi ^a   Lombardi, Alessia ^a   Pascucci, Stefano ^b   Dentoni, Domenico ^b   Migliore, Giuseppina ^c   Verneau, Fabio ^a   Schifani, Giorgio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

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EID: 84949090529     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.21419     Document Type: Article

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