The meaning of agricultural sustainability: Evidence from a conjoint choice survey

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-20

  Sydorovych, Olha ^a   Wossink, Ada ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice experiments; Conjoint analysis; Stakeholders; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; STAKEHOLDER; SURVEY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 46549085552     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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