Consumers' willingness-to-pay for sustainable food products: The case of organically and locally grown almonds in Spain

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 118, Issue , 2016, Pages 97-104

  De Magistris, Tiziana ^a,b   Gracia, Azucena ^a,b  

^a Agrifood Institute of Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Almonds; Distance label; Organic; Sustainable consumer behavior

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

ALMONDS; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; CONSUMERS' PREFERENCES; EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS; GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS; ORGANIC; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84956864232     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.01.050     Document Type: Article

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