Simulation of mountain cattle farming system changes under diverse agricultural policies and off-farm labour scenarios

Livestock Science

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 73-86

  Garcia Martinez A ^a   Bernues A ^a   Olaizola, A M ^b  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CAP decoupling; Farm dynamics; Land use; Mixed linear programming; Off farm work

Indexed keywords

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EID: 79953048820     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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