JSSOpen Journal of Social Sciences2327-5952Scientific Research Publishing10.4236/jss.2019.72017JSS-90632ArticlesBusiness&Economics Social Sciences&Humanities Factors Influencing Consumers’ Purchasing Behavior on Organic Vegetables: A Case Study in Vientiane, Lao PDR ChaitorPoyearleng1ZhaoKai1*SalehShahriar1OuaimonPayang Slim Reakine1College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China2802201907021992154, January 201918, February 2019 21, February 2019© Copyright 2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. 2014This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This article aims to study the factors influencing consumers’ purchasing behavior on organic vegetable. The main instrument for data collection used in this study is the questionnaire distributed to 323 respondents on the basis of random and convenience sampling. The purpose of this study is to examine the reliability of the empirical data; therefore, the consistency analysis has been done using Cornbrash’s alpha method. Various statistical methods and techniques such as factor analysis and multiple linear regression models were run by means of the data collected through a structured questionnaire. In terms of proportional marketing mix impact, it is observed that place, product and promotion factors have higher impacts on organic vegetable consumers decision process; whereas, the factor with medium level is price. Results showed the strong support for consumers’ attitude towards organic vegetables is influenced by product specific attitude, health consciousness, perceived price and knowledge of organic vegetables.

Influencing Factors of Consumer Behaviors Consumers’ Purchasing Behavior Organic Vegetable Vientiane Capital of Lao Lao PDR1. Introduction

Organic food is considered more environment-friendly when compared to conventional food. Organic farming includes a wide range of practices that are expected to be “socially, ecologically, and economically sustainable” [1]. Organic farming practices produce food that provides health benefits such as higher levels of nutrient content [2]. Organic food consumption has increased the five-fold in the last six years. The growth of organic product is seen as part of emerging marketing trends where consumers seek to know what an organic product can deliver before making purchase decisions [3]. Therefore, investigating drivers for organic food consumption has become an important marketing research issue in recent years [4]. A very large number of consumers from all over the world are concerned with environmental problems [5]. In order to understand why customers are interested in purchasing a product, it is necessary to understand the nature of the finalized buying decisional process and, therefore, of what they want or try to achieve through the purchase [6]. From a cognitive perspective, consumer behavior can be defined as “the activities that people engage in when selecting, purchasing, and using products and services to satisfy needs and desires” [7]. The alternative food systems discourse has increasingly been concerned with natural products and social responsibility [8]. This is because current environmental dreadful conditions are ever more menacing the consumer health and well-being [9]. The domestic organic market in Lao appears to be growing rapidly. Since December 2006 when the first organic farmers’ market was organized by PROFIL at That Louang in Vientiane city, the market has expanded significantly both in terms of the number of farmers participating, the range of products, market frequency, and sales volume. At the beginning, the market was organized once a month and later on became a weekly event [10]. Some studies provide an overview of the most important strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis) of the Lao vegetable sector, with regard to the launching an organic vegetable project oriented towards exports and local trade [11]. Currently, Lao has no national regulations on its organic agriculture and trade. The producers and traders can voluntarily choose whether to have organic certification and which organic standards to apply [10]. This limited marketing system has effectively introduced organic products in Lao, and can serve as a basis for further expansion. But it is highly dependent on outside support and may not be sustainable over the long-term [11].

Despite the growth in organic food agriculture and a large number of studies investigating factors driving consumer purchasing intention of organic food, the organic food market share and consumer expenditure share of organic food and beverages are relatively low [12]. Various psychological/behavior theories have been applied to incorporate more dimension to investigate factors that form the intention and drive behavior to purchase organic food. There are some studies with regard to the consumption of some products, such as, animal meats [13] - [17] , honey [18] [19] , water [20] , and the garments industry [21] [22]. However, there is a dearth of literature on the organic vegetables in Lao PDR. We have, therefore, undertaken this project to fill the existing research gap. This paper aims to study the factors influencing on consumers’ purchasing behavior on organic vegetables. The primary aims are to develop a better understanding of the marketing mix output in important organic vegetable, which can be used as guidelines to increase output. This is the first empirical work on consumption in Lao with regard to the organic vegetables. It is very important for marketers to be aware that the change in consumer’s behavior towards organic vegetables may help both consumers of organic interest and marketers to drive growth in the organic vegetable market. These will be critical issues as long as organic vegetable remains one of the main commercial crops of Lao.

The remainder of the paper is organized into several segments. Section 2 presents the theoretical analysis and research hypotheses. Section 3 details the data sources and research methods. The next Section 4 is the presentation of the results. Finally, along with discussion, some concluding observations are made in Section 5.

2. Theoretical Analysis and Research Hypothesis2.1. Theoretical Framework

The four traditional Ps of the marketing mix, product, price, promotion and place, and how they will need to change to facilitate greater sustainability outcomes, is introduced by [23]. Marketing approach based on social, environmental and economic welfare [24]. These tenets are often referred to as the 4Ps of marketing - product, price, place and promotion [25]. In the proposed marketing mix for organic vegetable to the traditional four Ps are added a slightly recalibrated consumer, health consciousness and knowledge of organic vegetables, and, in addition, attitude, behavior and purchase [26].

2.1.1. Product

Understanding individuals attitudes better can aid marketers, policy makers, and even producers to promote ethical consumer habits and encourage them to use or consume products that are environmentally-friendly [27]. Attitude plays a strong role in influencing the behavior and is necessary to consumer behavior research [28]. Organic vegetable production does not use synthetic pesticides and seeks to produce vegetables in a natural way [29]. A product that has negative environmental consequences can be severely disadvantaged as consumers consider the impact of that product upon the environment Low commitment of private actors in implementing state strategies, and unwillingness of state authorities for transparency, information disclosure and being held accountable [30]. Ideally, the repeated purchase of sustainable products will lead to sustainable habits [31]. Knowing which markets to target, and when and how to target them, will optimize production and profits in the organic foods segment [25]. The construct of product-specific attitude would be more appropriate in order to empirically investigate factors influencing individual’s consumption of organic food as they are deemed highly involved with the product and express their actual attitude on the product towards consumption and not the perception that could result in potential bias.

2.1.2. Price

Certified organic foods are generally more expensive than conventional products/foods. Price becomes important in the organic food marketing. According to [32] Behavior intentions applied to price can include purchase intentions. They need to show that their business operations are in line with the rules and regulations of government environmental standards and other related bodies [33]. Price policy cannot be regarded separately, especially from product policy but from the full spectrum of the interdependent marketing measures as well [34]. Low prices resulted in significantly higher facial muscle activity related to positive emotions than did high prices [35]. [36] found that low prices increased contempt and shame, while they reduced distress and anger if high value was perceived. Increased prices of organic produce by taking into account social externalities may hinder low-income consumers from purchasing more socially responsibly produced organic products [37] and [38]. That is why, we aim to test the relationship between consumer perception of price and consumer attitude about organic foods.

2.1.3. Promotion

Promotion is the means by which firms attempt to inform, persuade, and remind consumers directly or indirectly about the products and brands that they sell [39]. [40] communicates with the consumer and others take holders about the company as a whole. Marketing communications also represent the brand’s voice and allow it to build relationships with customers [39]. Marketing managers navigate the difficult waters of moving companies and brands towards more sustainable market offerings and the societal impacts of consumption of those offerings [26].

2.1.4. Place

Place is typically associated with distribution channels and facility location. Place refers to providing products for easy access and includes intensive, selective, or exclusive distribution and franchising [41]. Place, or marketing channels, is the range of “independent organizations involved in the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption” [39]. Green retailing and corresponding regional retail management [42]. China’s green place research is centered on green logistics and the relationship between green logistics management and business performance [43].

2.1.5. Knowledge of Organic Vegetables

The study of consumer behavior is supported by the theory of planned behavior [44] [45] [46]. This theory explores motivational influences on behavior that is under the purview of an individual on his own will to provide a framework of consumer behavior. Purchase of environmental friendly product cannot be separated from knowledge of consumers about the environment and ecology [47]. Therefore, consumers’ awareness and knowledge about organically produced food pay a significant role in making purchase related decisions [48]. Consumer purchase intention would be different if consumers have varying level of knowledge [49]. Consumers have a need to know what they purchase to satisfy their needs and wants. Food knowledge is an important factor that can affect consumer behavior in which knowledge is a cognitive learning [50]. A previous study found that consumers’ knowledge of social and environmental issues positively affects their attitude and purchase behavior towards organic food products [51].

2.1.6. Health Consciousness

Previous findings show that health benefit is one of the prime reasons to the consumers for purchasing of organic vegetables [52]. Found that health has a significant influence on consumer attitudes. Organic products are free from pesticides and chemical fertilizers, and are pure, natural and healthy [51]. Health variables have a positive effect on consumer attitude towards organic foods in Malaysia [53]. Previous findings show that health benefit is one of the prime reasons to the consumers for purchasing of organic foods. Health factors are the most significant variables affecting consumers’ willingness to purchase organic foods [54].

2.2. Hypothesis

The products’ quality cue that is the price appropriate to the distribution channel, product-specific attitude and the moderating role of marketing promotion are investigated in this study to explain the variance in organic vegetables consumption behavior. The rationales for investigating the factors are discussed in the literature review. The following hypotheses will be examined:

H1. Perceived price influences the consumer attitude towards organic vegetable.

H2. Consumers’ knowledge of organic vegetable has a positive influence on their attitude.

H3. Product-specific attitude positively influences consumption of organic vegetable.

H4. Health consciousness has a positive influence on the consumer attitude towards organic vegetable.

The remainder of this study is structured as literature pertaining to factor influencing organic vegetable consumption is reviewed. Thus, the conceptual model is show in Figure 1.

3. Data and Research Methods3.1. Data3.1.1. Study Area

A face-to-face survey was conducted in front of organic vegetable outlets and departmental stores having organic vegetable section at Thatlouang and Jao anouvong markets in Vientiane, Lao (see Figure 2). The random sampling method used approaching consumers who were coming out of the tow markets. The study areas were selected for a couple of reasons. First, the two markets were the first places for organic vegetables. Second, the consumers in the markets are

also increasing day by day because of the growing demand. Third, Vientiane capital is the most populous people from all parts of Lao come to Vientiane for education, employments.

3.1.2. Data Sources

To test the proposed hypotheses, the empirical data has been collected through a structured questionnaire. This study employed a quantitative research design, used a structured questionnaire developed in English and Laos. The questionnaire was composed of three sections with question statements adapted from previous studies. The first part comprised of questions pertaining to demographic characteristics (gender, education, monthly household income, family status, and family member). The second part of the questionnaire collected data on Consumers’ behavior organic vegetable consumption. The third part of the questionnaire focused on ingredients marketing mix factors influencing respondents’ organic vegetable consumption, including products, prices, distribution channels and marketing promotion, health consciousness, knowledge of organic vegetables and attitude. The items for all investigated variables were anchored on a 5-point Likert scale with 1 referring to strongly disagree and 5 referring to strongly agree. The questionnaire was subsequently piloted with 10 consumers of organic foods to ensure that the questions and response formats were clear. Minor amendments were made based on feedbacks received from the pilot study.

This study used infinite population formulaically random sampling of 30% or 0.3 of the population, requiring a confidence level of 95% and accepting discrepancy by 5% or 0.05, confidence level determined Z0.05 = 1.96, questionnaires were distributed to only those respondents who were aware of organic vegetables. Thus, a total 323 questionnaires were distributed. Respondents were sampled from 150 with thatlouang market and 173 with Jao anouvong market during 1st - 30th September 2018 in Vientiane, Lao, and the participation of respondents in the study was on a voluntary basis. Therefore, we assume that our sample includes the organic vegetables consumers belonging to different regions of Lao, cultures and backgrounds.

3.2. Research Methods

The responses were thoroughly checked and coded for the purpose of statistical analysis. Comparison marketing mix ingredients influence the decision to purchase organic vegetables used T-test the sample group with variables two groups are independent of each other, and used F-test with the data of the sample with variables more than two groups which the One-way ANOVA in case of statistical significance (Sig), comparative analysis of each pair with values LSD with a confidence level of 95%, The data was entered in Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. To examine the reliability of the empirical data, consistency analysis has been done using Cornbrash’s alpha method. Various statistical methods and techniques such as factor analysis; multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyze quantitative data collected through a structured questionnaire.

4. Results and Analysis4.1. Descriptive Statistical Analysis

Table 1 shows the profile of respondents the results show that 40.9% of respondents were male and 51.9% were female. Regarding educational level most of the respondents have a bachelor degree 51.7% and higher degree 21.7%, while a smaller number had a secondary education 15.8% and 10.8% had attained higher bachelor’s degree. As for employment most of the respondents have a job in the private 26.9% and Private business owner 22.3%, while a smaller number were student 20.4%, government staff 18.3% and 12.1% government enterprises. In terms of monthly income, most of the respondents earned $200 - $500 (52.9%), while a smaller number earned less than $200 (24.5%) and more than $500 (22.6%). The family status of the respondents those 36.8% were single and 63.2% were married. As for the family member, most of the respondents had between 3 - 6 persons 58.5%, while a smaller number had less than 3 persons 21.1% and more than 6 persons 22.6%. The findings indicated that most of the respondents were married female, obtain Bachelor’s degrees, have a job with private staff earned monthly income $200 - $500 and them family member were between 3 - 6 persons.

Profile of the respondents
CharacteristicsFrequency (N = 323)Percentage (%)
Gender Education Level Employment Monthly income Family status Family membersMale Female Secondary Education Higher degree Bachelor’s degree Higher Bachelor’s degree Student Government staff Government Enterprises Private staff Private business owner <200$ 200 - 500$ >500$ Single Married <3 persons 3- 6 persons >6 persons132 191 51 70 167 35 66 59 39 87 72 79 171 73 119 204 68 189 6640.9 59.1 15.8 21.7 51.7 10.8 20.4 18.3 12.1 26.9 22.3 24.5 52.9 22.6 36.8 63.2 21.1 58.5 20.4

The consumers’ purchasing behaviors on organic vegetable were analyzed and the summary is presented in Table 2, shows the results that 34.7% of respondents purchased organic vegetables at Thatluang market and 65.3% purchased at Jao anouvong market. Regarding the day purchasing most of the respondents purchased on weekends 71.8% and purchased on weekdays 28.2%. The frequency purchased most of the respondents purchased twice per week 50.5%, more than third per week 32.8% and once per week 16.7%. Respondents marked the healthy contents as the main reason of their answers for the purchase of organic vegetable. However, the majority of respondents supported that benefits such as healthy content, personal preference, environment friendly and better taste are the reasons to choose the organic vegetables (see Figure 3). A total of 34.7% of the people agreed that healthy contents play an important role in making a purchasing decision. This confirms the response to the previous results where respondents marked healthy content as the single largest individual reason for the purchase of organic vegetables (34.7%). In terms of quantities purchasing, most of the respondents purchased 5 - 10 kg 45.85%, while a smaller number purchased more than 10 kg 28.2%, purchased 2 - 5 kg 18.3% and less than 2 kg 7.7%. As for the Purchasing spend, most of the respondents paid $20 - $50 (37.2%), paid $51 - $100 (32.8%), while a smaller number paid more than $100 (18.0%) and paid less than $20 (12.1%). The consumers’ purchasing behaviors on organic vegetable were analyzed and the summary is presented shows the results that most respondents purchased organic vegetables at Jao anouvong market, regarding the day on Sunday, the frequency purchased twice per week respondents marked healthy content as the main reason their answer for the purchase of organic vegetable. In terms of quantities purchased 5 - 10 kg as for the paid $20 - $50.

Consumers’ purchasing behavior on organic vegetable
variablesFrequency (N = 323)Percentage (%)
Location purchasing Day purchasing Frequency purchasing Reason purchasing Quantities purchasing Purchasing spendThatluang Market Jao Anouvong Market Weekdays Weekends 1 per week 2 per week ≥3 per week Healthy contents Better taste Environmental friendly Personal preference <2 kg 2 - 5 kg 5 - 10 kg >10 kg <$20 $20 - $50 $51 - $100 >$100112 211 91 232 54 163 106 112 60 72 79 25 59 148 91 39 120 106 5834.7 65.3 28.2 71.8 16.7 50.5 32.8 34.7 18.6 22.3 24.5 7.7 18.3 45.8 28.2 12.1 37.2 32.8 18.0
4.2. Empirical Results Analysis

Table 3 presents the analytical results. It shows that product factors have an overall Mean = 3.46, which was high level, considering each of the components in products, it is likely that consumers were most important convenient packaging looking clean with Mean = 3.64 in high level and consumers the lowest important were confidence the vegetables have been identified chemical-free vegetables by FAO as Mean = 3.35 was medium level. As for price factor have an overall Mean = 3.38 which was moderate, when considering each other of components in prices, consumers were most important on the price of organic vegetable was in accordance with benefits Mean = 3.53 which lie at high level and the lowest average was price bargained had the Mean = 3.14 was medium level. In terms the results of the place factors have an overall Mean = 3.47, which results in high level, when we consider each of the elements consumers were important for public relations and there have signs of innocence to be the highest with Mean = 3.58 was in high level, and there was an appointment market atmosphere with Mean = 3.30 in the middle level. As for that promoting marketing

Marketing mix impact toward purchasing organic vegetable
Marketing mixItemMeanS.DDecision
Product Specific AttitudePSA1 PSA2 PSA3 PSA4 PSA5 PSA63.44 3.42 3.35 3.54 3.39 3.640.870 1.056 0.759 0.899 0.757 0.889High High Medium High Medium High
Perceived PricePP1 PP2 PP3 PP4 PP53.32 3.42 3.14 3.48 3.531.018 0.868 1.029 0.969 0.940Medium High Medium High High
PlaceP1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P83.45 3.47 3.52 3.44 3.50 3.30 3.58 3.541.015 1.093 1.101 1.152 0.966 1.106 0.992 1.151High High High High High Medium High High
PromotionPMT1 PMT2 PMT33.24 3.43 3.621.070 0.934 0.946Medium High High

Notes: PSA Mean = 3.46, SD = 0.355; PP Mean = 3.38, SD = 0.407; P Mean = 3.47, SD = 0.487 and PMT Mean = 3.43, SD = 0.569.

factors average Mean = 3.43 which results in high level, considering the elements that consumers agree the seller has a good spirit on average Mean = 3.62 at high level, followed by provides information and confirms from the seller is the organic vegetable with Mean = 3.43 also in high level and discount of produce or free some produce in sometime with Mean = 3.24 in the medium level. Marketing mix impact consumers toward purchasing organic vegetables found that the factors most respondents concern with the average in high level in place factor, product factor and promotion factor respectively the factor with medium level was price (see Figure 4).

Table 4 summarizes the results of the multiple linear regressions MLR analysis was performed (hypotheses testing). The regression model predicts the influence of product specific attitude PSA, health consciousness HC, perceived price PP and knowledge of organic vegetables KOV on dependent variable consumer attitude ATT. Results of regression analysis revealed that these four factors (independent variables) account for 15.1% of explained variances for consumer attitude towards organic vegetables products; R2 = 0.151 and F = 14.173. Results confirm that the hypotheses H1 to H4 are in expected direction (β = −0.119, p = 0.022; β = −0.127, p = 0.016; β = 0.181, p = 0.001 and β = 0.248, p = 0.000) as it is statistically significant. Therefore, H1, H2, H3, and H4 were supported. According to results obtained, it can be said that consumer attitude towards organic vegetables is influenced by product specific attitude, health consciousness, perceived price and knowledge of organic vegetables.

Multiple regression analysis predicting attitude consumers’ organic vegetable
PredictorsMeanSDβRegression analysisCollinearity
SEtSigTolVIF
PSA3.460.355−0.1190.068−2.2970.0220.9981.002
HC3.470.463−0.1270.053−2.4200.0160.9761.025
PP3.380.4070.1810.0613.4180.0010.9471.055
KOV3.460.4570.2480.0554.6310.0000.9281.077

Notes: R2 = 0.151, F = 14.173, PSA Product Specific Attitude, HC Health Consciousness, PP Perceived Price, KOV Knowledge of Organic Vegetable.

5. Conclusion and Discussion5.1. Conclusion

The main objective of this study is to study the factors influencing consumers’ purchasing behavior on organic vegetable products in Vientiane, Lao. The tool used in this study is the questionnaire distributed to 323 samples on the basic of random and convenience sampling. The collected data is then analyzed through descriptive statistics process including frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. To examine the reliability of the empirical data, consistency analysis has been done using Cornbrash’s alpha method. Various statistical methods and techniques, such as the factor analysis, multiple linear regression analysis, were used to analyze quantitative data collected through a structured questionnaire.

First, the findings indicated that most of the respondents are married female, obtain Bachelor’s degrees, have a job with private staff earned monthly income $200 - $500 and their family members are between 3 - 6 persons.

Second, the consumers’ purchasing behaviors on organic vegetable were analyzed and the summary shows that most respondents purchased organic vegetables at Jaoanouvong market at the Weekends; the frequency purchased twice per week; respondents marked healthy content as the main reason for their answer for the purchase of organic vegetable. As for quantities purchased 5 - 10 kg, they paid $20 - $50.

Third, in terms of proportional marketing mix impact consumers toward purchasing organic vegetables, we found that the concerning factors were high level in place factor, product factor and promotion factor and the factor with medium level was price. It can be said that consumers’ attitude towards organic vegetables is influenced by product specific attitude, health consciousness, perceived price and knowledge of organic vegetables.

5.2. Discussion

Reflecting on the findings on varieties of vegetables used in food businesses, we propose focusing interventions on improving the chemical safety of tomatoes, cabbage and lettuce. Although systematically recorded disaggregate data are not available, tomato is visibly the vegetable used most in the three cities. Cabbage pests are difficult to control in the West African context [55]. Also, the importance of search attributes for food vendors buying vegetables shows that certified organic produce will need to provide the same search cues as conventional vegetables. Moreover, it will be necessary to take into account the complexity and cost of marketing a certified product in the food vending sector [56]. Recent studies acknowledged other self-interest motives such as self-representation or self-identity in consuming organic product [57] and [58]. Many of the consumer studies on organic food have considered factors that motivate consumers for organic food dues and consumer’s profile who buy organic foods [59]. Foreign companies who intend to expand the market of their organic products in developing countries may also consider the findings of this research while drafting more effective strategies to better market and ensure more consumption of their product [60]. The discrete choice models provide some information to single out target groups for certified organic vegetables. Surprisingly, vendors in higher class categories associated lower utility with producing labeled organic [29]. Furthermore, “taste” is an important attribute in consumption [61] [62].

Important to recall that these findings are based on perceptions (purchase intention) and also indicated by convenient respondents who are not necessarily engaged in the act of consumption where they will help to provide a valid or unbias response, whereby this study is based on actual consumption and participated by only those who are actively consuming organic food providing more accurate and actual response on the motivation or driver [60]. The study focused on knowing the factors influencing organic food purchase intention with moderating role of awareness. Secondly, the results of Pakistan, Turkey and Iran were also compared. As in Pakistan the attitude and health consciousness found to be the better predictors of organic food purchase intention, and their interaction terms were also significant [63]. The study provides guidelines and suggestions for retailers who are selling organic foods. Besides this, the study can be helpful for the organic food manufacturers to identify their target consumers by showing the influence of socio-demographic factors on organic food purchases [48]. The study faces two limitations. First, its sample is limited to consumers who live in two major Vietnamese cities, which limits generalization to the overall Vietnamese population. Second, all survey data collected in this study are self-reported and may thus suffer, to some extents , from recall or social desirability bias, which limits extrapolation of the study findings to actual behavior [64].

This research would be useful in policy decision-making process with regard to organic products. This work will provide insights in marketing practices and strategy formulations.

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the Laos’ respondents for their verbal consent to participate in this research project during the fieldwork in 2018. The first author would like to thank the China Scholarship Council (CSC) for hosting and supporting this research project.

Author Contributions

Chaitor Poyearleng (CP), Zhao Kai (ZK), Saleh Shahriar (SS) carried out the study from conceptualizing, planning and designing to writing. CP and Ouaimon Payang Slim Reakine (OP) collected the data. CP, ZK and SS selected the research methodology. ZK supervised and administered the project. CP, SS, and OP conducted the data analysis. CP wrote the original paper. The final version was reviewed and approved by all authors.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors have no conflicts of interest.

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Poyearleng, C., Kai, Z., Shahriar, S. and Reakine, O.P.S. (2019) Factors Influencing Consumers’ Purchasing Behavior on Organic Vegetables: A Case Study in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 7, 199-215. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2019.72017

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