Understanding farmers' decision making processes and improving managerial assistance

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-290

  Öhlmér, Bo ^a   Olson, Kent ^b   Brehmer, Berndt ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decision aids; Decision making; Farm management; Management assistance; Psychological models

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; FARMERS ATTITUDE;

EID: 0032577549     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(97)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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