Mixed crop-livestock systems: an economic and environmental-friendly way of farming?
Intensification and specialisation of agriculture in developed countries enabled productivity to be improved but had detrimental impacts on the environment and threatened the economic viability of a huge number of farms. The combination of livestock and crops, which was very common in the past, is a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2012-01-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731112000675 |