Prospects of multifunctional agriculture as a facilitator of sustainable rural development: Swedish experience of Pillar 2 of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 155-166

  Granvik, Madeleine ^a   Lindberg, Gunnar ^b   Stigzelius, Karl Anders ^a   Fahlbeck, Erik ^a   Surry, Yves ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Nordregio   (Sweden)

Author keywords

agricultural policy; multifunctionality; Pillar 2; sustainable rural development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; POLICY REFORM; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POLICY; SUSTAINABILITY;

OSTERGOTLAND; SWEDEN;

EID: 84861744151     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291951.2012.681684     Document Type: Article

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