Adoption of conservation agriculture in Europe. Lessons of the KASSA project

Land Use Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-10

  Lahmar, Rabah ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Adoption; Conservation agriculture; Erosion mitigation; Europe; No tillage; Reduced tillage; Soil and water conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COMPETITIVENESS; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; COVER CROP; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; EROSION CONTROL; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FARMING SYSTEM; PEST CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEED CONTROL; ZERO TILLAGE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 69349090489     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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