Evaluation of farmers' perceptions of soil quality indicators

American Journal of Alternative Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-21

  Liebig, Mark A ^a   Doran, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmer knowledge; Point scale evaluation

Indexed keywords

FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032880689     PISSN: 08891893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0889189300007967     Document Type: Article

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