Organic farming and economic sustainability: The case of Sicilian durum wheat

Quality - Access to Success

Volumn 15, Issue 138, 2014, Pages 93-96

  Tudisca, Salvatore ^a   di Trapani, Anna Maria ^a   Sgroi, Filippo ^a   Testa, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Farm; Gross margin; Organic payments; Profitability; Variable costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893614830     PISSN: 15822559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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