Farmers' attitudes and investment intentions regarding land drainage in a salinising Australian Landscape

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 169-185

  Kingwell, Ross ^a   Cook, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

CART; Drainage; Farmer attitudes; Farmer investment; Salinity; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 73049106970     PISSN: 18331882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1833-1882/cgp/v02i01/52222     Document Type: Article

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