Is farming enough in mountain areas? Farm diversification in the Pyrenees

Land Use Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 783-791

  López i Gelats, Feliu ^a   Milán, Maria José ^a   Bartolomé, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Farm adjustment strategy; Farm typologies; Mountain farming; Pluriactivity; Rural change

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM; AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; FARMING SYSTEM; HILL FARMING; MOUNTAIN REGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

PYRENEES;

EID: 79957906250     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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