Farmers adoption of integrated crop protection and organic farming: Do moral and social concerns matter?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1536-1545

  Mzoughi, Naoufel ^a  

^a INRA Ecodeveloppement   (France)

Author keywords

Integrated protection; Organic farming; Social and moral concerns

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LOGISTICS; ORGANIC FARMING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

EID: 79956094161     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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