Models of farmers' decision making: Problem definition

Swedish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-27

  Bo, Öhlmér ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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