The role of public policy in the use of conservation tillage in the USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 89-102

  Uri, N D ^a  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Public policy; Soil erosion; United States

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE PRACTICE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BUDGET; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

USA;

EID: 0032516369     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00140-5     Document Type: Article

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