Influence of farm resource endowment on possibilities for sustainable development: A case study for vegetable farms in South Uruguay

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-315

  Dogliotti, S ^a   van Ittersum, M K ^b   Rossing, W A H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Explorative land use studies; Farm images model; Farming systems; MILP; Sustainability; Uruguay; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FARMS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; VEGETABLES;

EXPLORATIVE LAND USE STUDY; FARM IMAGE MODEL; FARMING SYSTEM; IMAGE MODELING; MILP; MODEL-BASED OPC; RESOURCE ENDOWMENTS; RESOURCE USE; URUGUAY; USE EFFICIENCY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CROP PRODUCTION; FARMING SYSTEM; INCOME; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URUGUAY; VEGETABLE;

SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

EID: 31044449333     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.04.025     Document Type: Article

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