Financial relevance of organic farming payments for Western and Eastern European organic farms

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-61

  Zander, K ^a   Nieberg, H ^b   Offermann, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Competitiveness; Farm economics; Financial support; Organic farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCE; INCOME; ORGANIC FARMING; PROFITABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WAGE;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 40249093238     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170507002050     Document Type: Article

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