Factors influencing adoption of conservation tillage in Australian cropping regions

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-182

  D'Emden, Francis H ^a   Llewellyn, Rick S ^b   Burton, Michael P ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Conservation tillage; Herbicide resistance; No till; Perceptions; Weed management

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROPPING PRACTICE; HERBICIDE; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; WEED CONTROL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 43149117460     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2008.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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