Rethinking study and management of agricultural systems for policy design

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3858-3875

  Rivera Ferre, Marta G ^a,b   Ortega Cerdà, Miguel ^c,d   Baumgärtner, Johann ^e  

^a Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

^c Vilanova i la Geltrú   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^e Center for the Analysis of Sustainable Agricultural Systems CASAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex socio ecological systems; Constructivism; Food security; Pragmatism; Realism

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; DECISION MAKING; DEMAND ANALYSIS; FOOD SECURITY; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84887109733     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5093858     Document Type: Article

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