Sustainable agricultural production: An investigation in Brazilian semi-arid livestock farms

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 414-425

  Nunes, Breno ^a   Bennett, David ^b,c   Marques, Sérgio ^d  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Developing countries; Sustainable agricultural production; Sustainable development policy; Sustainable livestock strategy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPETITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PLANNING; SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; BRAZIL; DEVELOPMENT POLICIES; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FARMER PERCEPTION; SEMI ARID; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY; SUSTAINABLE LIVESTOCK STRATEGY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84890310190     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.07.023     Document Type: Article

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