Organic farming without organic products

Land Use Policy

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 324-328

  Argyropoulos, Charissis ^a   Tsiafouli, Maria A ^b   Sgardelis, Stefanos P ^b   Pantis, John D ^b  

^a Ecological Park   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Monitoring procedure; Organic agriculture; Organic farmers; Organic label; Regulation 2092 91 EEC; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; KNOWLEDGE; MARKETING; ORGANIC FARMING; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

GREECE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84871013053     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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