Integrated crop-livestock systems in Australian agriculture: Trends, drivers and implications

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-12

  Bell, Lindsay W ^a   Moore, Andrew D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Labour; Land use; Modelling; Productivity; Rotation; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRONOMY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84861827083     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.04.003     Document Type: Review

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