The contribution of organic farming to rural development: An exploration of the socio-economic linkages of organic and non-organic farms in England

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 723-735

  Lobley, Matt ^a   Butler, Allan ^a   Reed, Matt ^b  

^a Department of Politics   (United Kingdom)

^b Countryside and Community Research Institute ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic linkages; Organic farming; Rural development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROINDUSTRY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOCAL ECONOMY; ORGANIC FARMING; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60749129477     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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