Spatial analysis of the participation in agri-environment measures for organic farming

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 375-386

  Boncinelli, Fabio ^a   Bartolini, Fabio ^b   Brunori, Gianluca ^b   Casini, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

peer effects; rural development policy; spatial lag model

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ECONOMY OF SCALE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; ORGANIC FARMING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLICY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TARGETING;

EID: 84940906716     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170515000307     Document Type: Article

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