SWOT analysis: Appraisal of a new tool in European rural development policies

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-72

  Knierim, Andrea ^a   Nowicki, Peter ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Common agricultural policy; Exante assessment; Multifunctionality of agriculture; Rural regions; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953558715     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000010791169970     Document Type: Article

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