Comparing conventional and organic agriculture in Karnataka, India: Where and when can organic farming be sustainable?

Land Use Policy

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-51

  Patil, Sheetal ^a   Reidsma, Pytrik ^b   Shah, Pratik ^b   Purushothaman, Seema ^a   Wolf, Joost ^b  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agro ecological relationships; Developing countries; Policy impact assessment; Sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGROECOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ORGANIC FARMING; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHITRADURGA; INDIA; KARNATAKA;

ALLIUM CEPA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84888243626     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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