Nitrate leaching in dairy farming: Economic effects of environmental restrictions

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 755-761

  Groeneveld, R ^a   Bouwman, A F ^b   Kruitwagen, S ^a   Van Ierland, E C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dairy farming; Environmental economics; Nitrate leaching; Reduction costs

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; SURFACE WATER;

DAIRY FARMING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; LEACHING; NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDES;

AGRICULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; LEACHING; MODEL; NETHERLANDS; WATER POLLUTION;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0032443018     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)80109-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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