Organic agriculture's approach towards sustainability; Its relationship with the agro-industrial complex, a case study in Central Macedonia, Greece

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-216

  Dantsis, Thodoris ^a   Loumou, Angeliki ^b   Giourga, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KALAMATA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agricultural sustainability; Agro industrial complex; Capitalist production; Conventionalization thesis; Motives; Organic agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROINDUSTRY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ORGANIC FARMING; SUSTAINABILITY;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349237440     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-008-9139-0     Document Type: Article

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