Understanding and influencing behaviour change by farmers to improve water quality

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 5631-5638

  Blackstock, K L ^a   Ingram, J ^b   Burton, R ^c   Brown, K M ^a   Slee, B ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Gloucestershire Dunholme Villa ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Culture; Diffuse pollution; Environment; Extension; Management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COLLABORATIVE PLANNING; CULTURE; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; EXTENSION; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; LITERATURE REVIEWS; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; SOCIAL SCIENTISTS; WATER ENVIRONMENTS;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; DIFFUSION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EMPOWERMENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY MAKING; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 77958083353     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.04.029     Document Type: Article

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