Conserving energy in smallholder agriculture: A multi-objective programming case-study of northwest India

Ecological Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-208

  Thankappan, Samarthia ^a   Midmore, Peter ^b   Jenkins, Tim ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy conservation; India; Optimising model; Smallholder agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ENERGY USE; MODELING; SMALLHOLDER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 32144464778     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.01.017     Document Type: Article

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