Financial competitiveness of organic agriculture on a global scale

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 7611-7616

  Crowder, David W ^a   Reganold, John P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic; Food security; Meta analysis; Organic premiums; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM; FARMING SYSTEM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD SECURITY; ORGANIC FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; AGRICULTURE; CATERING SERVICE; COST; CROP; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; META ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD SUPPLY; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84935853135     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423674112     Document Type: Article

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