What is sustainable agriculture? Empirical evidence of diverging views in Switzerland and New Zealand

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1872-1882

  Aerni, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agricultural biotechnology; New Zealand; Stakeholder attitudes; Sustainable agriculture; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NEW ZEALAND; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 62449181281     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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