Prospects for the European beef sector over the next 30 years

Animal Frontiers

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 20-28

  Hocquette, Jean François ^a   Chatellier, Vincent ^b  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b LERECO   (France)

Author keywords

Beef production; Bovine sector; Common Agriculture Policy; European Union; Genetics; Quality; World Trade Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880995864     PISSN: 21606056     EISSN: 21606064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/af.2011-0014     Document Type: Article

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