Farmer goals and management styles: Implications for advancing biologically based agriculture

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 90-105

  Brodt, Sonja ^a   Klonsky, Karen ^a   Tourte, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biologically integrated farming systems; California; Extension; Farm management style; Q methodology

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKING; FARMING SYSTEM;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 33645776235     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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