Comparison of farming techniques actually implemented and their rationality in organic and conventional olive groves in Andalusia, Spain

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-59

  Parra Lopez C ^a   Calatrava Requena, J ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; ORGANIC FARMING; PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33748606384     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2006.9755007     Document Type: Article

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