Adoption of conservation agriculture in olive groves: Evidences from southern Spain

Land Use Policy

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 294-300

  Rodríguez Entrena, Macario ^a   Arriaza, Manuel ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adoption; Conservation agriculture; Olive groves; Social capital; Trivariate probit

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; COVER CROP; EVERGREEN TREE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL COVER;

ANDALUCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84877345948     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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