Organic farmers in islands: Agricultural management and attitude towards the environment

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 553-564

  Kourouxou, M ^a   Kalburtji, K ^a   Siardos, G ^a   Iakovidou, O ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alternative farming systems; Environmental attitudes; Nonlinear canonical correlation analysis; Organic olive tree cultivation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; HERB; ORGANIC FARMING; POLICY MAKING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; KAVALA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THASSOS;

EID: 85010572482     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500809469851     Document Type: Article

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