An integrated sustainability assessment of mediterranean sheep farms with different degrees of intensification

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-56

  Ripoll Bosch, R ^a   Diez Unquera B ^b   Ruiz, R ^b   Villalba, D ^c   Molina, E ^c   Joy, M ^a   Olaizola, A ^d   Bernues A ^a  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Equity; Productivity; Self reliance; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; EQUITY; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEAT; PASTURE; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SHEEP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; TRADE-OFF; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 80855132499     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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