The measurement of average farm size

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 100-110

  Lund, Philip ^a   Price, Roger ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARM SIZE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LANDHOLDING STRUCTURE; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EUROPE; UK, ENGLAND;

EID: 0031800134     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1998.tb01254.x     Document Type: Article

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