Analysis and Design of Agricultural Sustainability Indicators System

Agricultural Sciences in China

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 475-486

  QIU, Hua jiao ^a   ZHU, Wan bin ^a   WANG, Hai bin ^a   CHENG, Xu ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

agriculture; indicators system; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247342840     PISSN: 16712927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(07)60072-8     Document Type: Article

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