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What is alternative agriculture?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2009

Pierre Crosson
Pierre Crosson
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Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC 20036.
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Keywords

pesticidesfertilizerscrop rotationecologyprofitabilityintegrated pest managementyield loss
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American Journal of Alternative Agriculture , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 1989 , pp. 28 - 32
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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