Assessing the impact of pluriactivity on sustainable agriculture. A case study in rural areas of Beotia in Greece

Environmental Management

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 753-763

  Giourga, Christina ^a   Loumou, Angeliki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KALAMATA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Family farming; Greece; Pluriactivity; Sustainable agriculture; Type of farming

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FAMILY FARMING; PLURIACTIVITY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TYPE OF FARMING;

AGRICULTURE;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMING SYSTEM; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

ARTICLE; CROP; FARMING SYSTEM; GREECE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; GREECE; HUMANS; INCOME; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

BOEOTIA; CENTRAL GREECE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646057416     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0195-y     Document Type: Article

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