Modeling the effects of agricultural production. An integrated economic and environmental analysis using farm account statistics and GIS

Ecological Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 427-442

  Skop, E ^a   Schou, J S ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b Danish Inst Agric and Fish Econ   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agricultural production; Environmental economic modeling; Farm account statistics; GIS; Nitrate leaching; Soil types

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; GIS; LEACHING; METHODOLOGY; NITRATE;

DENMARK;

EID: 0033012410     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(98)00090-1     Document Type: Article

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