On the Measurement of Food Waste

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1148-1158

  Bellemare, Marc F ^a   Çakir, Metin ^a   Peterson, Hikaru Hanawa ^a   Novak, Lindsey ^b   Rudi, Jeta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Connecticut   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food waste

Indexed keywords

FOOD POLICY; FOOD WASTE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 85031695029     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aax034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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