Off-farm employment effects on adoption of nutrient management practices

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 293-306

  Gedikoglu, Haluk ^a   McCann, Laura ^b   Artz, Georgeanne ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Nutrient management; Off farm income

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455217523     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500008078     Document Type: Article

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