The costs of alternative methods of managing 'set-aside' land within the European Community

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 273-287

  Shield, I F ^a,b   Godwin, R J ^a   Smith, D L O ^a,c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Set aside' land; Costs; Cultivations; Cutting; Herbicides; Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030199349     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-1987(96)01007-0     Document Type: Article

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