A quick scan tool to assess the relative prospects of European regions for sustainable agriculture in a liberal market

Land Use Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 440-448

  Vereijken, P H ^a   Hermans, C M L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EU member states; Free market; Liberalisation; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COMPETITIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FREE TRADE; INVESTMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LIBERALIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

BALTIC STATES; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; IRELAND; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; POLAND; SCANDINAVIA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449623723     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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