Chinese land policies and farmers' adoption of organic fertilizer for saline soils

Land Use Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 541-549

  Xu, Hui ^a,b   Huang, Xianjin ^a   Zhong, Taiyang ^a   Chen, Zhigang ^a   Yu, Jia ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Farm households; Fertilizer; Land policy; Saline soil remediation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CULTIVATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LAND TENURE; LAND USE; POLICY MAKING; SOIL REMEDIATION;

CHINA; JILIN; SHANDONG; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84893051591     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.12.018     Document Type: Article

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