Assessing the sustainability factors of traditional olive groves on Lesvos Island, Greece (Sustainability and traditional cultivation)

GeoJournal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-159

  Giourga, Christina ^a   Loumou, Angeliki ^b   Tsevreni, Iris ^a   Vergou, Assimina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KALAMATA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agricultural pluriactivity; Lesvos Island; Olive groves; Poor agricultural structures; Rural development; Sustainable agriculture; Traditional cultivation

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LANDFORMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

A-STABLE; AGRICULTURAL PLURIACTIVITY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INCOME SOURCES; LESVOS ISLAND; MONO-CULTURE; OLIVE GROVE; OLIVE GROVES; POOR AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURES; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TRADITIONAL CULTIVATION;

CULTIVATION;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; EVERGREEN TREE; INCOME; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; LESBOS; NORTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 50849111725     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-008-9195-z     Document Type: Article

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