DIRECT SALE OF PRODUCTS FROM THE FARM

Dumitrescu, Carmen Simona and Pet, Elena and Salasan, Cosmin and Stanciu, Sorin (2022): DIRECT SALE OF PRODUCTS FROM THE FARM. Published in: Lucrări Științifice Management Agricol , Vol. 24, No. 1 (26 May 2022): pp. 33-37.

Abstract

Direct sales from the farm can be a solution for small farms, but the action of certain factors influences the success of direct sales. The direct sales activity of some farmers in Timis County has been analyzed, aiming to establish the causal relationships between the influence of certain factors and the results of the farm

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Farms, direct sales, results, county level
• Subjects: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q13 - Agricultural Markets and Marketing ; Cooperatives ; Agribusiness

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