Farming system design to feed the changing world. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-149

  Martin, Guillaume ^a,b   Martin Clouaire, Roger ^c   Duru, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Farm model; Innovation; Optimisation; Participation; Problem definition; Problem solving; Reflection in action; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRONOMY; ALGORITHM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FARMING SYSTEM; INNOVATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARKET CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 84871991817     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-011-0075-4     Document Type: Review

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