Organic olive orchards on sloping land: More than a specialty niche production system?

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-109

  Gomez, José A ^a   Amato, Mariana ^b   Celano, Giuseppe ^b   Koubouris, Georgios C ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ecological; Economic; Olive; Organic; Social

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ECOLOGY; WATER CONSERVATION;

ECOLOGICAL; NICHE PRODUCTION; OLIVE; OLIVE ORCHARDS; ORGANIC PRODUCTION SYSTEM; ORGANICS; PRODUCING AREAS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SLOPING LAND; SOCIAL;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

ORGANIC MATTER;

CROP PRODUCTION; EROSION CONTROL; ORCHARD; PROFITABILITY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREECE; ITALY; LAND USE; OLIVE TREE; ORCHARD MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION; PORTUGAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SPAIN; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; ITALY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 49349113938     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.04.025     Document Type: Article

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