Agri-environmental policy of EU: the case of organic farming in Greece

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1018-1024

  Aggelopoulos, Stamatis ^a   Arabatzis, Garyfallos ^b   Pauloudi, Alexandra ^a  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agri environmental policy; Cluster analysis; Financing programmes; Organic farming

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; INCENTIVE; ORGANIC FARMING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67651099055     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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