Comparing support for organic and conventional farming in the European Union using an adjusted producer support estimate

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-48

  Gay, Stephan Hubertus ^a   Offermann, Frank ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

European Union (EU); Organic farming; Producer Support Estimate (PSE); Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745595312     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbi034     Document Type: Review

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