The origins of the European IFSA: The first meetings and the agenda renewal

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 33-48

  Brossier, Jacques ^a   Contini, Caterina ^b   Omodei Zorini, Luigi ^b   Cristóvão, Artur ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Universidade de Vigo   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LEARNING; ECONOMIC ISSUES; FARMING SYSTEM; LATIN AMERICA; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

EID: 84948114764     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4503-2_2     Document Type: Chapter

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