Sustainability and multifunctionality in French farms: Analysis of the implementation of Territorial Farming Contracts

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 463-475

  Gafsi, Mohamed ^a,c   Nguyen, Geneviève ^b   Legagneux, Bruno ^b   Robin, Patrice ^a  

^a National Institute of Agronomic Research   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c Université de Toulouse III Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l'Enseignement Agricole   (France)

Author keywords

French farms; Multifunctionality; Social sustainability; Stake holders; Sustainable agriculture; Systems approach; Territorial farming contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845257094     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-006-9015-3     Document Type: Article

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