Agro-biodiversity as natural insurance and the development of financial insurance markets

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Agro-biodiversity as natural insurance and the development of financial insurance markets. / Baumgärtner, Stefan; Quaas, Martin F.
Agrobiodiversity conservation and economic development. ed. / Andreas Kontoleon; Unai Pascual; Melinda Smale. Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2008. p. 293-317.

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Harvard

Baumgärtner, S & Quaas, MF 2008, Agro-biodiversity as natural insurance and the development of financial insurance markets. in A Kontoleon, U Pascual & M Smale (eds), Agrobiodiversity conservation and economic development. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon, pp. 293-317. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203890127

APA

Baumgärtner, S., & Quaas, M. F. (2008). Agro-biodiversity as natural insurance and the development of financial insurance markets. In A. Kontoleon, U. Pascual, & M. Smale (Eds.), Agrobiodiversity conservation and economic development (pp. 293-317). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203890127

Vancouver

Baumgärtner S, Quaas MF. Agro-biodiversity as natural insurance and the development of financial insurance markets. In Kontoleon A, Pascual U, Smale M, editors, Agrobiodiversity conservation and economic development. Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 2008. p. 293-317 doi: 10.4324/9780203890127

Bibtex

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