Multifunctional farming in Emilia-Romagna region: An analysis through agricultural census data

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Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 37-44

  Rivaroli, Sergio ^a   Bertazzoli, Aldo ^a   Ghelfi, Rino ^a   Laghi, Annalisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Department of Statistics and Geographical Information of Emilia Romagna Region ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Farm; Microdata; Multifunctionality; Shannon index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991447218     PISSN: 15945685     EISSN: 26111128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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