Is agricultural sustainability a useful concept?

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-143

  Hansen, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY; CHARACTERISATION NEED; CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL APPROACH; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

EID: 0029666814     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0308-521X(95)00011-S     Document Type: Article

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