What would farmers' strategies be in a no-CAP situation? An illustration from two regions in france

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-25

  Latruffe, Laure ^a,b   Dupuy, Aurélia ^a,b   Desjeux, Yann ^a,b  

^a LERECO   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Farmers' strategies; France; Intentions survey

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CROPPING PRACTICE; MODELING; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

FRANCE; PYRENEES;

EID: 84877827252     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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