Organic farming for sustainable agricultural production: A brief theoretical review and preliminary empirical evidence

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-188

  Dima, S J ^a   Odero, A N ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FERTILIZERS; MANURES;

MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMITS (MRL); ORGANIC FARMING;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FERTILIZER; MANURE; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC MANURE; SOIL FERTILITY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

KENYA;

EID: 0031238572     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026472410031     Document Type: Article

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