Economic profitability assessment of mediterranean olive growing systems

Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 517-526

  Stillitano, T ^a   De Luca, A I ^a   Falcone, G ^a   Spada, E ^a   Gulisano, G ^a   Strano, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economic analysis; Life Cycle Costing (LCC); Olive farms; Organic and conventional agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984918847     PISSN: 13100351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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