The development and geographic distribution of organic farming in Ireland

Irish Geography

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-85

  Läpple, Doris ^a   Cullinan, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

geographic distribution; location quotient; organic farming; spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC FARMING; POLICY APPROACH; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

IRELAND;

EID: 84871047740     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750778.2012.698585     Document Type: Article

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