Farm, food and resource issues: Politics and dryland salinity

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1471-1480

  Pannell, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economics; Environmental management; Government; Natural resource management; Policy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; DRYLAND FARMING; GOVERNMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SALINITY;

EID: 29144495984     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA04158     Document Type: Conference Paper

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