Silage corn production in conventional and conservation tillage systems. Part I: Sustainability analysis using combination of GIS/AHP and multi-fuzzy modeling

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 102-114

  Houshyar, Ehsan ^a   Sheikhdavoodi, Mohammad Javad ^a   Almassi, Morteza ^a   Bahrami, Hooshang ^a   Azadi, Hossein ^b   Omidi, Mohsen ^c   Sayyad, Gholamabbas ^a   Witlox, Frank ^b  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agricultural sustainability; Fuzzy logic; GIS AHP; Land suitability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY; CHEMICAL PESTICIDES; CONSERVATION TILLAGE SYSTEMS; HOMOGENOUS REGION; LAND SUITABILITY; REDUCED TILLAGE SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRONOMY; CULTIVATION; FUZZY LOGIC; SOIL CONSERVATION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CULTIVATION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MAIZE; SILAGE; SUSTAINABILITY;

FARS; IRAN;

EID: 84891674337     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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