Limitations of certification and supply chain standards for environmental protection in commodity crop production

Annual Review of Resource Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 429-449

  Waldman, Kurt B ^a   Kerr, John M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agricultural runoff; agrifood system; Great Lakes; non point source pollution; phosphorus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908288845     PISSN: 19411340     EISSN: 19411359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-100913-012432     Document Type: Article

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