Economic and environmental impacts of introducing land use policies and rotations on Prince Edward Island potato farms

Land Use Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-319

  Jatoe, John Baptist D ^a   Yiridoe, Emmanuel K ^b   Weersink, Alfons ^a   Stephen Clark, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crop rotation systems; Economic environmental trade offs; Environmental quality; Land use regulations; Potato

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ARABLE FARMING; BARLEY; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LAND USE; MAIZE; POTATO; TRADE-OFF; WHEAT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

HORDEUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 41549129270     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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