Motivations, risk perceptions and adoption of conservation practices by farmers

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 99, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 86-104

  Greiner, Romy ^a   Patterson, Louisa ^a   Miller, Owen ^a  

^a River Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Agriculture; Conservation; Correlations; Empirical research; Factor analysis; Farmers; Grazing; Great Barrier Reef; Motivations; Risk management; Risk perceptions; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONSERVATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RISK PERCEPTION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BURDEKIN RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 58549086324     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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