The diffusion of organic farming in Lithuania

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 522-549

  Kaufmann, Peter ^a   Zemeckis, Romualdas ^b   Skulskis, Virgilius ^b   Kairyte, Emilija ^b   Stagl, Sigrid ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics   (Lithuania)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^d AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adoption; Agri environmental measure; Innovation diffusion; Logistic regression; Organic farming; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958140507     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440046.2011.579838     Document Type: Article

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