Impact of farm management diversity on the environmental and economic performance of the wheat–maize cropping system in the north China plain

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 350-366

  Ha, Nan ^a   Feike, Til ^b   Angenendt, Elisabeth ^a   Xiao, Haifeng ^c   Bahrs, Enno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Economic performance; Environmental impact; Farm management diversity; North China Plain; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FARM SIZE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HETEROGENEITY; MAIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF; TRAINING; WHEAT;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84954369752     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2015.1004856     Document Type: Article

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