How do farmers who adopt multiple conservation practices differ from their neighbors?

American Journal of Alternative Agriculture

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-36

  Upadhyay, Bharat M ^a   Young, Douglas L ^a   Wang, Holly H ^a   Wandschneider, Philip ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Conservation; Logit; Multiple adopters; Single adopters; Soil conservation; Technology adoption; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

EROSION CONTROL; FARMERS ATTITUDE; SOIL CONSERVATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WIND EROSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037355844     PISSN: 08891893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/AJAA2003027     Document Type: Article

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