Farmers' perception of sustainability for crop production on the North China plain

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 129-147

  Wei, Y P ^c   White, R E ^a,c   Chen, D ^c   Davidson, B A ^b,c   Zhang, J B ^c  

^a Department of Soil Science ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Farmer perceptions; Intensive cropping; Irrigation and fertilizer practices; North China plain; Sustainability indicator

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548615560     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v30n03_09     Document Type: Article

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