Comparison of farmers' mental models of the present and the future: A case study of pesticide use

Futures

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 593-603

  Schöll, Regina ^a   Binder, Claudia R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING WORLD; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FUTURE PROSPECT; MODELING; PERCEPTION; PESTICIDE APPLICATION;

EID: 77953611914     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2010.04.030     Document Type: Article

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