Sustainability assessment of olive groves in Andalusia: A methodological proposal

New Medit

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 39-49

  Gómez Limón, José Antonio ^a   Riesgo, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Andalusia; Olive farming; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864044365     PISSN: 15945685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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