Sustainable governance of the agriculture and the Baltic Sea - Agricultural reforms, food production and curbed eutrophication

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1943-1951

  Larsson, Markus ^a,b   Granstedt, Artur ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c The Biodynamic Research Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Eutrophication; Local production; Organic agriculture; Sustainable governance

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL REFORM; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MARINE POLLUTION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC FARMING; PHOSPHORUS; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BALTIC STATES; POLAND;

EID: 77954623993     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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