Incentives and policies for integrated pest management in Europe: a review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-45

  Lefebvre, Marianne ^a   Langrell, Stephen R H ^a   Gomez y Paloma, Sergio ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adoption; Common agricultural policy; Incentives; Integrated pest management; Pesticides; Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable use directive

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; GUIDELINE; INCENTIVE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; ORGANIC FARMING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84920858231     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-014-0237-2     Document Type: Review

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