Approaches to assessing sustainable agriculture

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 87-109

  Zinck, J A ^a   Berroteran J L ^b   Farshad, A ^a   Moameni, A ^c   Wokabi, S ^d   Van Ranst, E ^e  

^a IntlInstGeo InfoSci/Erth Obsr   (Netherlands)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^c Soil and Water Research Institute Iran   (Iran)

^d KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aggregated index; Agricultural sector system; Cropping system; Energy balance analysis; Farming system; Land management system; Quality control charting; Sustainability assessment approaches; Sustainable agriculture; Yield gap analysis

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; FARMING SYSTEM;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; IRAN; KENYA; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 3242804437     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v23n04_08     Document Type: Article

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