Determinants of agricultural best management practice adoption: Evidence from the literature

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 300-311

  Prokopy, Linda S ^a   Floress, Kristin ^a   Klotthor Weinkauf, Denise ^a   Baumgart Getz, Adam ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption diffusion; Best management practices; Conservation practices; Social indicators; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANNUAL VARIATION; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITRATE; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 57149094542     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/63.5.300     Document Type: Article

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