Barriers to successful drought management: Why do some ranchers fail to take action?

Rangelands

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 13-16

  Dunn, Barry ^a   Smart, Alexander ^b   Gates, Roger ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FORAGE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; POLICY STRATEGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RANCHING; RANGELAND; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845864470     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: 1551501X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-501X(2005)27.2[13:BTSDMW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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