Economic sustainability of early potato production in the mediterranean area

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1598-1603

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early potato; Profitability; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907498743     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2014.1598.1603     Document Type: Article

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