Vol. 5, Iss. 2, 2019
The agricultural treadmill – a way out through differentiation? An empirical analysis of organic farming and the agricultural treadmill
Henning Otte Hansen (ORCiD), University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Published online: 30 November 2019, JTHSM, 5(2), pp.20-26.
URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-66332-2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3601667
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