A method to analyse decision-making processes for land use management in livestock farming

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-78

  Coleno F C ^a   Duru, M ^b   Theau, J P ^c  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Decision making; Forage systems; Grassland sustainability; Land use; Mountainous area

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013269667     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2005.9684745     Document Type: Article

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