Economic and environmental performance of alternative policy measures to reduce nutrient surpluses in Finnish agriculture

Agricultural and Food Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 421-440

  Lehtonen, Heikki ^a,c   Lankoski, Jussi ^b,c   Koikkalainen, Kauko ^a,c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b OECD   (France)

^c MTT Taloustutkimus ^*

Author keywords

Agri environmental policy; Agricultural economics; Agricultural sector modelling; Nitrogen; Nutrient surplus; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449138388     PISSN: 14596067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2137/145960607784125366     Document Type: Article

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