Consumers, the market and the socio-ecological background of Euterpe oleracea palm heart production in Colombia

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 526-535

  Vallejo, Martha I ^a   Galeano, Gloria ^a   Valderrama, Natalia ^b   Bernal, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

non timber forest product market; palm products; responsible consumption; sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPLOITATION; HARVESTING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SUPERMARKET; SUSTAINABILITY; VEGETABLE;

COLOMBIA;

EUTERPE OLERACEA;

EID: 84986915815     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12451     Document Type: Article

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