Choice between alternative investments in agriculture: The role of organic farming to avoid the abandonment of rural areas

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 227-232

  Testa, Riccardo ^a   Foderà, Mario ^a   Di Trapani, Anna Maria ^a   Tudisca, Salvatore ^a   Sgroi, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Farming operations; Lemon; Organic farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CITRUS FRUITS; COMPOSTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FINANCE; FORESTRY; ORCHARDS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY; FARMING OPERATIONS; FINANCIAL INDICATOR; FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; LEMON; MEDITERRANEAN TREES; ORGANIC FARMING; PRODUCTION PROCESS;

FARMS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; FRUIT; ORCHARD; ORGANIC FARMING; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; VINEYARD;

ITALY; SICILY;

CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON;

EID: 84947054720     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.06.021     Document Type: Article

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