Consumers' sense of farmers' markets: Tasting sustainability or just purchasing food?

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Giampietri, Elisa ^a   Koemle, Dieter B A ^b   Yu, Xiaohua ^b   Finco, Adele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Consumers; Farmers' markets; Sustainability; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MARKET CONDITIONS; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 85000893910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8111157     Document Type: Article

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