The Role of Environmental Education in Predicting Adoption of Wind Erosion Control Practices

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 547-558

  Wang, H Holly ^a   Young, Douglas L ^a   Camara, Oumou M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental education; Logit; Probit; Soil conservation; Technology adoption; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034361966     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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