Personal, farm and value orientations in conversion to organic farming

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 862-884

  Stofferahn, Curtis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Organic and conventional producers

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049164622     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440040903303595     Document Type: Article

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