Introduction: Features of environmental sustainability in agriculture: Some conceptual and operational issues

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 107-115

  Dalgaard, Tommy ^a,d   Ferrari, Sylvie ^b,c   Rambonilaza, Mbolatiana ^c  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Cemagref   (France)

^d Research Unit   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Environmental sustainability in agriculture; Multifunctionnality; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGROECOLOGY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 33645742507     PISSN: 14624605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijarge.2006.009177     Document Type: Review

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