Emergy analysis of one century of agricultural production in the Rolling Pampas of Argentina

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 185-205

  Ferreyra, Cecilia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agri environmental policies; Argentina; Economic deregulation; Energy accounting; Rolling Pampas; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; EMERGY; LIBERALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33645746128     PISSN: 14624605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijarge.2006.009163     Document Type: Review

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