Greater mitigation of climate change by organic than conventional agriculture: A review

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-229

  Goh, Kuan M ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CERTIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MITIGATION; ORGANIC FARMING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84858046556     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2011.9756648     Document Type: Article

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