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Determinants of Household Expenditure on Fresh Vegetables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Oral Capps Jr  and
John M. Love
Oral Capps Jr
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
John M. Love
Affiliation:
National Economics Division, USDA, Washington, D.C.
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Current concern about the health effects of American dietary habits has led to recommendations by government officials and nutrition experts that consumers increase their consumption of vegetables (U.S. Congress, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology).

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , December 1983 , pp. 127 - 132
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1983

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