Agricultural policy for quality and producers' evaluations of quality marketing indicators: A Greek case study

Food Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 485-506

  Dimara, Efthalia ^a   Petrou, Anastasia ^a   Skuras, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Certification; Greece; PDO; Quality food products

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD QUALITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8844230340     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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