Organic agriculture and sustainable food production system: Main potentials

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-94

  Azadi, Hossein ^a   Schoonbeek, Sanne ^b   Mahmoudi, Hossein ^c,d   Derudder, Ben ^a   De Maeyer, Philippe ^a   Witlox, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

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EID: 80052851612     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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