Diversification choices in agriculture: A choice modelling case study of sugarcane growers

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-74

  Windle, Jill ^a   Rolfe, John ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice modelling; Farm diversification; Sugarcane growers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; SUGAR CANE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

ARUNDINARIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 17644407709     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2005.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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