Interactions in integrated US agricultural systems: The past, present and future

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 314-324

  Hendrickson, J ^a   Sassenrath, G F ^b   Archer, D ^a   Hanson, J ^a   Halloran, J ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic integrated production systems; Economic drivers; Environmental drivers; Social political drivers; System adaptability; Technological drivers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; FARMING SYSTEM; INTEGRATED APPROACH; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 55749093597     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170507001998     Document Type: Article

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