Multifunctionality: Refocusing a spreading, loose and fashionable concept for looking at sustainability?

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 301-318

  Caron, Patrick ^a   Reig, Ernest ^b   Roep, Dirk ^c   Hediger, Werner ^d   Le Cotty, Tristan ^a   Barthélemy, Denis ^e   Hadyńska, Anna ^f   Hadyński, Jakub ^g   Oostindie, Henk A ^c   Sabourin, Eric ^h  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Swiss College of Agriculture   (Switzerland)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Concept; MF; Multifunctionality; Policy making; SD; Sustainability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249125919     PISSN: 14624605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijarge.2008.020078     Document Type: Review

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