Sophistication and Performance of Italian Agri-food Exports

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-34

  Carbone, Anna ^a,b   Henke, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b National Institute of Agriculture Economics (INEA)   (Italy)

Author keywords

food sector; international trade; Italy; quality; sophistication

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006595496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18696945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18461/ijfsd.v3i1.%25x     Document Type: Article

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