The economic potential of agroecology: Empirical evidence from Europe

van der Ploeg, Jan Douwe, Barjolle, Dominique, Bruil, Janneke, Brunori, Gianluca, Costa Madureira, Livia Maria, Dessein, Joost, Dr g, Zbigniew, ą Fink-Kessler, Andrea, Gasselin, Pierre, Gonzalez de Molina, Manuel, Gorlach, Krzysztof, Jürgens, Karin, Kinsella, Jim, Kirwan, James ORCID: 0000-0002-4626-9940, Knickel, Karlheinz, Lucas, Veronique, Marsden, Terry, Maye, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-4459-6630, Migliorini, Paola, Milone, Pierluigi, Noe, Egon, Nowak, Piotr, Parrott, Nicholas, Peeters, Alain, Rossi, Adanella, Schermer, Markus, Ventura, Flaminia, Visser, Marjolein and Wezel, Alexander (2019) The economic potential of agroecology: Empirical evidence from Europe. Journal of Rural Studies, 71. pp. 46-61. doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.09.003

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