Explaining organic farming through past policies: comparing support policies of the EU, Austria and Finland

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Lesjak, Heli Annika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agricultural support policy; Forms of support; Organic farming

Indexed keywords

FINLAND; PUBLIC POLICY; RURAL AREAS;

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT POLICY; CAP FRAMEWORK; FORMS OF SUPPORT; ORGANIC FARMING; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 34548862357     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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