Environmental concern and the adoption of organic agriculture

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 451-468

  Best, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture and the environment; Environmental concern; Organic agriculture; Rational choice

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC FARMING;

GERMANY;

EID: 77951194781     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920802178206     Document Type: Article

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