Roles of Small and Semi-subsistence Farms in the EU

EuroChoices

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-14

  Davidova, Sophia ^a   Bailey, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COMPENSATION SYSTEM; PUBLIC GOODS; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POLICY; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84897936053     PISSN: 14780917     EISSN: 1746692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1746-692X.12044     Document Type: Article

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