Organising collective action for effective environmental management and social learning in Wales

Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-83

  Jane, Mills ^a   Gibbon, David ^b   Ingram, Julie ^a   Reed, Matt ^a   Short, Christopher ^a   Dwyer, Janet ^a  

^a Countryside and Community Research Institute ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Rural Livelihood Systems (RULIVSYS)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment scheme; Collective action; Farmer cooperatives; Landscape scale management; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951979880     PISSN: 1389224X     EISSN: 17508622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1389224X.2011.536356     Document Type: Article

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