Farmer identity, ethical attitudes and environmental practices

Ecological Economics

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-61

  Sulemana, Iddisah ^a   James Jr , Harvey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental ethics; Ethical decision making; Farmer identity; Farmer types

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ETHICS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892662931     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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