Adoption and extent of organic vegetable farming in Mahasarakham province, Thailand

Applied Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 201-209

  Thapa, Gopal B ^a   Rattanasuteerakul, Kanokporn ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bio pesticides; Influencing factors; Inorganic pesticides; Mahasarakham province; Organic fertilizers; Organic vegetable farming; Synthetic fertilizers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOFERTILIZER; FARMERS ATTITUDE; ORGANIC FARMING; PESTICIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TRAINING; VEGETABLE;

MAHA SARAKHAM; NORTHEASTERN REGION; THAILAND;

EID: 78649446844     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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