Multifunctionality Agriculture
Subtitle: A New Paradigm for European Agriculture and Rural Development (Perspectives on Rural Policy and Planning)
Contributors: Guido Van Huylenbroeck (Editor); Guy Durand (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: October 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780754635765
Subjects: Agriculture & Farming; Agriculture & related industries; Environmental economics; Rural planning; Economic aspects; Business & Economics; Politics / Current Events; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.; Business/Economics; Europe; Environmental aspects; Agriculture and state; Development - Economic Development; Agriculture
First sentence: European agriculture is at this moment confronted with a number of critical challenges such as market liberalization, the emergence of low cost producing countries on the world market, the enlargement of the EU, the changes in consumer preferences, the emergence of new consumer concerns and the conjunction of nature, tradition, recreation, culture, and historical context of land use.