Converting or not converting to organic farming in Austria: Farmer types and their rationale

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-52

  Darnhofer, Ika ^a   Schneeberger, Walter ^a   Freyer, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Decision tree; Farmer decision making; Motivation; Organic farming

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844556184     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-004-7229-9     Document Type: Article

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