An overview of farming system typology methodologies and its use in the study of pasture-based farming system: A review

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 316-326

  Madry, W ^a   Mena, Y ^b   Roszkowska Madra, B ^c   Gozdowski, D ^a   Hryniewski, R ^a   Castel, J M ^b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c Bia lystok Univ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Expert methods; Farming typologies; GIS; Grazing; Livestock systems; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84878767584     PISSN: 1695971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2013112-3295     Document Type: Article

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