Designing complex and sustainable agricultural production systems: An integrated and reflexive approach for the case of table egg production in the Netherlands

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-138

  Groot Koerkamp, Peter W G ^a   Bos, A P ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Laying hens; Naturalness; New husbandry concepts; Reflexive interactive design (RIO); Robustness; Social concern; Structured design method

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; EUROPEAN UNION; FARMING SYSTEM; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; POULTRY; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 46249110137     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(08)80032-2     Document Type: Article

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