Conceptualizing sustainable agriculture: Iran as an illustrative case

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 25-56

  Rezaei Moghaddam, K ^a   Karami, E ^a   Gibson, J ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

De modernization; Ecological modernization; Iran; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MODERNIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33646706616     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v27n03_04     Document Type: Article

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