Review of History and Recent Development of Organic Farming Worldwide

Agricultural Sciences in China

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 169-178

  MA, Shi ming ^a   Joachim, Sauerborn ^b   ZHAO, Qi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

development status; organic farming; organic product; review of history

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745632420     PISSN: 16712927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(06)60035-7     Document Type: Review

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