Beyond industrial agriculture? Some questions about farm size, productivity and sustainability

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 437-453

  Woodhouse, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farm size; Food supply; Industrial agriculture; Labour productivity; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; FARM SIZE; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SUPPLY; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 77954841155     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2010.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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