Precision farming: Environmental legitimation, commodification of information, and industrial coordination

Rural Sociology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 180-206

  Wolf, Steven A ^a   Wood, Spencer D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0000235542     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.1997.tb00650.x     Document Type: Article

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