Simulating the diffusion of organic farming practices in two New EU Member States

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2580-2593

  Kaufmann, Peter ^a   Stagl, Sigrid ^a,b   Franks, Daniel W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Innovation diffusion; Organic farming; Social networks; Social psychology; Theory of Planned Behaviour

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CERTIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FOOD PRODUCTION; ORGANIC FARMING; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LATVIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649097129     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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