Determination of trade-off-functions to analyse the provision of agricultural non-commodities

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 309-325

  Sattler, Claudia ^a   Schuler, Johannes ^a   Zander, Peter ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commodities; Ecological economic modelling; Fuzzy logic; Jointness in agricultural production; MODAM; Multi functionality; Non commodities; Trade off functions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMMODITY; FARM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PRODUCTION COST; SIMULATION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 33645728124     PISSN: 14624605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijarge.2006.009169     Document Type: Review

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