A systemic comparative assessment of the multifunctional performance of alternative olive systems in Spain within an AHP-extended framework

Ecological Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 820-834

  Parra López, Carlos ^a   Calatrava Requena, Javier ^a   de Haro Giménez, Tomás ^b  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); Conventional, organic and integrated olive farming; Group decision making; Multicriteria analysis; Multifunctionality; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EVERGREEN TREE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 38149126317     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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