A survey of on-farm acceptance of low-input measures in intensive agriculture

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-406

  Mante, Juliane ^a   Gerowitt, Bärbel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agri environmental measures; Determining factors; Germany; Intensively used arable regions; Low input farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARABLE LAND; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NATURE CONSERVATION; SEEDING; SURVEY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 37349034388     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:2007038     Document Type: Article

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