Farmer participation in agri-environmental schemes: Towards conservation-oriented thinking?

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 254-274

  Wilson, Geoff A ^a   Hart, Kaley ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Cncl the Protect of Rural England   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; FARMERS ATTITUDE; NATURE CONSERVATION;

EID: 0035041872     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9523.00181     Document Type: Article

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