Comparative Cost Analysis of Organic and Conventional Farming in Hungary

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 703-710

  Urfi, Péter ^a   Koch, Krisztina Kormosné ^b   Hoffmann, András ^a   Sárdi, Katalin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Conventional farming; costs; organic farming; profit

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGROINDUSTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FARMING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC FARMING; PROFITABILITY;

HUNGARY;

EID: 84874133820     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2013.748064     Document Type: Article

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