Sustainability of European maize-based cropping systems: Economic, environmental and social assessment of current and proposed innovative IPM-based systems

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Vasileiadis, V P ^a   Moonen, A C ^b   Sattin, M ^a   Otto, S ^a   Pons, X ^c   Kudsk, P ^d   Veres, A ^e   Dorner, Z ^e   van der Weide, R ^f   Marraccini, E ^b   Pelzer, E ^g,h   Angevin, F ^g   Kiss, J ^e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^e SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g INRA   (France)

^h INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Corn; Cropping system; IPM; Pesticide risk reduction; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MAIZE; PESTICIDE; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84874676231     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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