Marginal abatement costs for reducing leaching of nitrates in Croatian agriculture

Agricultural and Food Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 293-309

  Sumelius, John ^a   Mesić, Milan ^b   Grgić, Zoran ^b   Kisic, Ivica ^b   Franić, Ramona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Effluents; Fertiliser taxes; Maize; Marginal abatement costs; Nitrate Directive; Nitrogen; Quotas

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 29344465322     PISSN: 14596067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2137/145960605775013236     Document Type: Article

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