Assessing the agricultural sustainability of conventional farming systems in samsun province of Turkey

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1572-1583

  Ceyhan, V ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Agricultural sustainability; Indicators; Sustainability index

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954977645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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