Swiss agricultural policy and the environment: An example for the rest of Europe to follow?

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 465-482

  Curry, Nigel ^a   Stucki, Erwin ^b  

^a Francis Close Hall ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Institut d'Économie Rurale   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL FARMING; EUROPEAN UNION; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0031453809     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640569712047     Document Type: Article

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