Sustainable agriculture issues explained by differentiation and structural coupling using social systems analysis

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 133-144

  Noe, Egon ^a   Alrøe, Hugo F ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agriculture and food; Differentiation; Social systems; Structural coupling; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; FOOD SAFETY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PIG; SOCIAL THEORY; SUSTAINABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84920778279     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-014-0243-4     Document Type: Review

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