Semi-subsistence Farming in Romania and Bulgaria: A Survival Strategy?

EuroChoices

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-51

  Hubbard, Carmen ^a   Mishev, Plamen ^b   Ivanova, Nedka ^b   Luca, Lucian ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATIONAL AND WORLD ECONOMY   (Bulgaria)

^c ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FARM SIZE; FARMING SYSTEM; RURAL ECONOMY; SURVIVAL;

BULGARIA; ROMANIA;

EID: 84897936819     PISSN: 14780917     EISSN: 1746692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1746-692X.12052     Document Type: Article

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