The significance of aesthetics for the adoption of no-tillage farming;Die bedeutung von ästhetik bei der umstellung auf direktsaat

Agrarforschung Schweiz

Volumn , Issue 4, 2012, Pages 216-223

  Schneider, Flurina ^a   Rist, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adoption; Aesthetics; Clean and tidy fields; No tillage; Professional identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867833196     PISSN: 16637852     EISSN: 16637909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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