Information acquisition and adoption of organic farming practices

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-113

  Genius, Margarita ^a   Pantzios, Christos J ^b   Tzouvelekas, Vangelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crete; Greece; Information acquisition; Organic farming; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646542707     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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