The determinants of adopting organic farming practices: A case study in the Czech Republic

Agricultural Economics (Czech Republic)

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-28

  Malá, Zdenka ^a   Malý, Michal ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Binary choice model; Conventional production; Motivation factors; Organic agriculture; Transition determinants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874323317     PISSN: 0139570X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/10/2012-agricecon     Document Type: Article

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