Effect of farm size on sustainability of beef cattle production

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-87

  Demircan, Vecdi ^a,b   Koknaroglu, Hayati ^a,b  

^a Department of Agricultural Economics ^*

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cultural energy analysis; Farmsize; Feedlot; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

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EID: 38349056880     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v31n01_08     Document Type: Article

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