Some hard truths about agriculture and the environment

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-33

  Lichtenberg, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Environment; Fertilizer; Livestock waste; Pesticides; Pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 8344236110     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S106828050000561X     Document Type: Review

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