Innovating conservation agriculture: The case of no-till cropping

Rural Sociology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 278-304

  Coughenour, C Milton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; INNOVATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0038118550     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2003.tb00138.x     Document Type: Article

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