Sharing values or sharing costs? Understanding consumer participation in alternative food networks

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue , 2016, Pages 47-60

  Pascucci, Stefano ^a   Dentoni, Domenico ^a   Lombardi, Alessia ^b   Cembalo, Luigi ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative food networks; Participation; Transactional conditions; Values

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SUPPLY; HETEROGENEITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; TRANSACTION COST; VALUATION;

ITALY; PALERMO [SICILY]; SICILY;

EID: 84961924610     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: 22121307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.njas.2016.03.006     Document Type: Article

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