European farms' participation in agri-environmental measures

Land Use Policy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2016, Pages 214-228

  Zimmermann, Andrea ^a   Britz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agri environmental; CAP; Estimation; EU; Farm

Indexed keywords

COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; FARMING SYSTEM; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

EID: 84944705065     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.09.019     Document Type: Article

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