Farmer responses to climate change and sustainable agriculture. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-19

  Fleming, Aysha ^a   Vanclay, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Barriers to adoption; Behaviour change; Climate change; Discourse analysis; Discourses; Resistance; Sustainability; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; FARMERS ATTITUDE; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 77951921909     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro/2009028     Document Type: Review

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