Factors influencing the adoption of pasture crop rotation in the semiarid area of China's loess plateau

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 161-180

  He, Xuefeng ^a,b   Cao, Huhua ^c   Li, Fengmin ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adoption; Loess Plateau; Logistic regression; Pasture crop rotation

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 67650085879     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440040802121551     Document Type: Article

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