Organising for socio-ecological resilience: The roles of the mountain farmer cooperative genossenschaft gran alpin in graubünden, switzerland

Ecological Economics

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-21

  Bardsley, Douglas K ^a   Bardsley, Annette M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooperative; Governance; Mountain agriculture; Resilience; Risk; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGROINDUSTRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; COOPERATIVE SECTOR; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOOD QUALITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; ORGANIC FARMING; PRICE DETERMINATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALPS; GRAUBUNDEN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84891309909     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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