Factors influencing the conversion to organic farming in Norway

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 78-95

  Koesling, Matthias ^a   Flaten, Ola ^a   Lien, Gudbrand ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adoption; Motivation; Multinomial logit; Norwegian agriculture; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849092740     PISSN: 14624605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijarge.2008.016981     Document Type: Article

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