Current status and potential of care farms in the Netherlands

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-36

  Hassink, Jan ^a   Zwartbol, Ch ^b   Agricola, H J ^a   Elings, M ^a   Thissen, J T N M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b National Support Centre for Agriculture and Care   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Client groups; Labour; Multifunctional agriculture; Revenues; Social services

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; FARMING SYSTEM;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35448987280     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(07)80002-9     Document Type: Article

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