Agricultural advisers and the transition to sustainable soil management in England: A focus on agronomists' understanding of soil

Sustainable Farmland Management: Transdisciplinary Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 77-93

  Ingram, Julie ^a  

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

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