What kind of agriculture? what might science deliver?

Natures Sciences Societes

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-247

  Busch, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ethics; Production; Productivity; Research

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DIET; ETHICS; GLOBAL WARMING; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70350043542     PISSN: 12401307     EISSN: 17652979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/nss/2009041     Document Type: Article

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