No-till technology: Benefits to farmers and the environment? Theoretical analysis and application to Finnish agriculture

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-221

  Lankoski, Jussi ^a,b   Ollikainen, Markku ^c   Uusitalo, Pekka ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b OECD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agri environmental policy; Buffer strips; Herbicide runoff; Nutrient runoff; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AVENA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33745606689     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbl003     Document Type: Article

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