Farmers' perception of sustainable agriculture and its determinants: A case study in Kahramanmaras province of Turkey

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1091-1106

  Fusun Tatlidil F ^a   Boz, Ismet ^b   Tatlidil, Hasan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Farmers' perceptions; Sustainability; Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable livelihoods; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894901274     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-008-9168-x     Document Type: Article

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