A pragmatic assessment of government support for organic agriculture in Ireland

Irish Geography

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-263

  Duram, Leslie A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Irish agriculture; Organic agriculture; Organic farming; Policy; Pragmatism

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL PROVISION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEADERSHIP; MAINTENANCE; ORGANIC FARMING; POLICY MAKING; POLICY STRATEGY; STATE ROLE;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; IRELAND; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC FOOD; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

FOOD, ORGANIC; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; IRELAND; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY;

IRELAND;

EID: 80053144056     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750778.2011.583138     Document Type: Article

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