The economic potential of agroecology: Empirical evidence from Europe.
This article discusses the economic dimensions of agroecological farming systems in Europe. It firstly theoretically elaborates the reasons why, and under what conditions, agroecological farming systems have the potential to produce higher incomes than farms that follow the conventional logic. This...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Rural Studies Vol. 71; pp. 46 - 62 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Oct2019
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