Capturing farm diversity at regional level to up-scale farm level impact assessment of sustainable development options

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 63-74

  Righi, E ^a   Dogliotti, S ^b   Stefanini, F M ^a   Pacini, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Farm typology identification; Farming systems diversity; Latin America; Multidimensional scaling; Multivariate analysis; Quantitative characterization

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IRRIGATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TYPOLOGY;

LATIN AMERICA; URUGUAY;

EID: 79960372184     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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