Rationalising risk: Grower strategies to manage plant disease in the UK wheat and potato sectors

Geographical Journal

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 338-347

  Maye, Damian ^a   Ilbery, Brian ^a   Little, Ruth ^b  

^a Countryside and Community Research Institute ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop protection; Food security; Plant disease; Practical rationality; Risk and risk perception; UK wheat and potato sectors

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP PLANT; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FOOD PRODUCTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEGISLATION; PEST CONTROL; POTATO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WHEAT;

ENGLAND; HEREFORDSHIRE; LINCOLNSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84868525819     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2012.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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