Conserving natural resources in olive orchards on sloping land: Alternative goal programming approaches towards effective design of cross-compliance and agri-environmental measures

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 521-534

  Fleskens, Luuk ^a,b   Graaff, Jan de ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EU agricultural policies; Goal Programming (GP); Mediterranean; Multifunctionality; Stakeholder perspectives

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGROFORESTRY; DECISION MAKING; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; EUROPEAN UNION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LINEAR PROGRAMING; MARKET CONDITIONS; NATURAL RESOURCE; ORCHARD; ORGANIC FARMING; PRICE DETERMINATION; RURAL AREA; SLOPE FARMING; STAKEHOLDER;

PORTUGAL; TRAS OS MONTES;

EID: 77956185906     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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