Revealing different understandings of soil held by scientists and farmers in the context of soil protection and management

Land Use Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-60

  Ingram, Julie ^a   Fry, Patricia ^b   Mathieu, Ann ^c  

^a University of Gloucestershire ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Knowledge Management Environment LLC   (Switzerland)

^c INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Advisor; Conception; England; Farmer; France; Knowledge; Knowledge cultures; Perception; Scientist; Soil erosion; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 69549096504     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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