Re-figuring the problem of farmer agency in agri-food studies: A translation approach

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-62

  Higgins, Vaughan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Dairy farm planning; Decision support tools; Farmer agency; Non human agency; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644890479     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-005-5867-1     Document Type: Article

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