Empirical evaluation of agricultural sustainability using composite indicators

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1062-1075

  Gómez Limón, José A ^a   Sanchez Fernandez, Gabriela ^b  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Castilla y Le n; Irrigated agriculture; Rain fed agriculture; Spain; Sustainability indices

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; POLICY MAKING; RAINFED AGRICULTURE;

CASTILLA Y LEON; SPAIN;

EID: 77749314620     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.11.027     Document Type: Article

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