Characterisation of farmers' responses to policy reforms in Scottish hill farming areas

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 102, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 96-107

  Morgan Davies, Claire ^a   Waterhouse, Tony ^a   Wilson, Ron ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beef; CAP; Hill farming; Multivariate analysis; Policy; Sheep; Typology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84857914859     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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