The effect of nonfarm income on investment in Bulgarian family farming

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-176

  Hertz, Tom ^a  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural investment; Bulgaria; Nonfarm income

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FINANCE; DEBT; INCOME; INVESTMENT;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 60849118611     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00367.x     Document Type: Review

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