Initial Technical and Economic Comparisons of Different Farming Systems in Ontario, Canada

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 371-386

  Stonehouse, D Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; TECHNOLOGICAL EVALUATION;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

EID: 0030419135     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.1996.9754795     Document Type: Article

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