Can/should/will a niche become the norm? organic agriculture's short past and long future

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 483-503

  Blank, Steven C ^a   Thompson, Gary D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 7544225136     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cep/byh036     Document Type: Review

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