Land degradation: Links to agricultural output and profitability

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-225

  Gretton, Paul ^a   Salma, Umme ^a  

^a Industry Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; LAND DEGRADATION;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0031422082     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.00011     Document Type: Article

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