Are There Ideological Aspects to the Modernization of Agriculture?

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 657-674

  Hardeman, Egbert ^a   Jochemsen, Henk ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Culture; Enlightenment; Ideology; Modernization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; ANIMAL WELFARE; BIODIVERSITY; CULLING; FARMING SYSTEM; IDEOLOGY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MODERNIZATION; POLICY APPROACH;

NETHERLANDS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84866482896     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-011-9331-5     Document Type: Article

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