Learning through stakeholder involvement in the implementation of MOTIFS: An integrated assessment model for sustainable farming in Flanders

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 350-363

  de Mey, K ^a   D'Haene, K ^a   Marchand, F ^a   Meul, M ^b   Lauwers, L ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dairy farming; Integrated sustainability assessment; Learning; Stakeholder involvement

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DAIRY FARMING; DATA SET; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LEARNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH WORK; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 80054927582     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2011.582355     Document Type: Article

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