After the 'Organic Industrial Complex': An ontological expedition through commercial organic agriculture in New Zealand

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 350-361

  Campbell, Hugh ^a   Rosin, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Commercialisation; Conventionalisation; Enactive research; Metric centric audit; New zealand; Ontology; Organic agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIFURCATION; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; COMMERCIALIZATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 82855175276     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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