The EU's Agenda 2000 reform and the sustainability of organic farming in Tuscany: Ecological-economic modelling at field and farm level

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-197

  Pacini, Cesare ^a,b   Giesen, Gerard ^a   Wossink, Ada ^a,c   Omodei Zorini, Luigi ^b   Huirne, Ruud ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological economic modelling; Farm and field scale analysis; Multi objective policy making; Organic Agriculture; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; FARMING SYSTEM; ORGANIC FARMING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 1542351581     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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