Observing farming systems: Insights from social systems theory

Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 387-403

  Noe, Egon ^a   Alrøe, Hugo F ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE;

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FARMING SYSTEM; NEW APPROACHES; NEW FORMS; RECOUPLING; SOCIAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL COUPLING;

SYSTEM THEORY;

EID: 84948105408     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4503-2_17     Document Type: Chapter

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