Appropriateness of farmers' adoption of irrigation methods: The application of the AHP model

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-119

  Karami, Ezatollah ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

AHP; Farmers' decision; Iran; Irrigation method

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; FARMERS ATTITUDE; IRRIGATION; MODELING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 27644431646     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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