The economic drivers and consequences of agricultural specialization

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The economic drivers and consequences of agricultural specialization. / Abson, David J.
Agroecosystem Diversity: Reconciling Contemporary Agriculture and Environmental Quality. ed. / Gilles Lemaire; Paulo Carvalho; Scott Kronberg; Sylvie Recous. Academic Press Inc., 2018. p. 301-315.

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Harvard

Abson, DJ 2018, The economic drivers and consequences of agricultural specialization. in G Lemaire, P Carvalho, S Kronberg & S Recous (eds), Agroecosystem Diversity: Reconciling Contemporary Agriculture and Environmental Quality. Academic Press Inc., pp. 301-315. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-811050-8.00019-4

APA

Abson, D. J. (2018). The economic drivers and consequences of agricultural specialization. In G. Lemaire, P. Carvalho, S. Kronberg, & S. Recous (Eds.), Agroecosystem Diversity: Reconciling Contemporary Agriculture and Environmental Quality (pp. 301-315). Academic Press Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-811050-8.00019-4

Vancouver

Abson DJ. The economic drivers and consequences of agricultural specialization. In Lemaire G, Carvalho P, Kronberg S, Recous S, editors, Agroecosystem Diversity: Reconciling Contemporary Agriculture and Environmental Quality. Academic Press Inc. 2018. p. 301-315 doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-811050-8.00019-4

Bibtex

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