Cooperative membership and farmers’ choice of marketing channels – Evidence from apple farmers in Shaanxi and Shandong Provinces, China

Food Policy

Volumn 74, Issue , 2018, Pages 53-64

  Hao, Jinghui ^a   Bijman, Jos ^a   Gardebroek, Cornelis ^a   Heerink, Nico ^a   Heijman, Wim ^a   Huo, Xuexi ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cooperative membership; Endogenous switching probit model; Marketing channels

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE SECTOR; FOOD MARKET; FOOD POLICY; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; MARKETING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SMALLHOLDER;

CHINA; SHAANXI; SHANDONG;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 85035126421     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.11.004     Document Type: Article

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