Determining economic and social factors in the adoption of cover crops under mower control in olive groves

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-91

  Rodríguez Entrena, Macario ^a   Arriaza, Manuel ^a   Gómez Limón, José A ^b  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adoption; Soil conservation practices; Spain; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893464733     PISSN: 21683565     EISSN: 21683573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2013.819478     Document Type: Article

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