Farmer cooperation as a means for creating local food systems-Potentials and challenges

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Lutz, Juliana ^a   Smetschka, Barbara ^a   Grima, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Farmer cooperation; Local food supply; Small scale farming; Sustainable food system

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FOOD SUPPLY; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; INNOVATION; LOGISTICS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 85020296054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9060925     Document Type: Article

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