A coevolutionary model for promoting agricultural sustainability

Ecological Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-34

  Saifi, Basim ^a   Drake, Lars ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Chemicals Agency   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Agroecology; Coevolutionary processes; Local interaction; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGROECOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COEVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 39149119311     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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