Environmental sustainability in agriculture: Diet matters

Ecological Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-200

  Goodland, Robert ^a  

^a 4872 Old Dominion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural sustainability; Ecotax; Environmental sustainability; Food chain; Food efficiency conversion tax; Food equity; Food ethics

Indexed keywords

DIETARY CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

EID: 0031466630     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(97)00579-X     Document Type: Article

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