Static yields and quality issues: Is the agri-environment program the primary driver?

Ambio

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 544-556

  Peltonen Sainio, Pirjo ^a   Salo, Tapio ^a   Jauhiainen, Lauri ^a   Lehtonen, Heikki ^a   Sieviläinen, Elina ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Genetic gain; Incentive; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Socio economics; Yield decline

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CEREAL; CROP YIELD; INCENTIVE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; YIELD RESPONSE;

EUROPE;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 84940590358     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0637-9     Document Type: Article

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