Does land fragmentation affect farm performance? A case study from Brittany, France

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-80

  Latruffe, Laure ^a   Piet, Laurent ^a  

^a LERECO   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural land fragmentation; Farm performance; France; Land Parcel Identification System

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; FRAGMENTATION; LAND DEGRADATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY MAKING;

BRETAGNE; FRANCE;

EID: 84903795863     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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