Exploring the relationship between agricultural productivity and land degradation in a dry region of southern Europe

New Medit

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-40

  Salvati, Luca ^a  

^a ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural productivity; Italy; Land degradation; Local labour systems; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951529189     PISSN: 15945685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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