How organic farmers view their own practice: Results from the Czech Republic

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-290

  Zagata, Lukas ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Conventionalization; Czech Republic; Ecological farming; Motivation; Organic food; Organic movement; Q methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955773706     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-009-9230-9     Document Type: Article

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