The impact of gender on agricultural conservation knowledge and attitudes in an Iowa watershed

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 95-106

  Druschke, Caroline Gottschalk ^a   Secchi, Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Farmer attitudes; Female landowners; Female operators; Gender; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

FARMERS ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENDER ISSUE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNER; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

CLEAR CREEK [IOWA]; IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896963067     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.69.2.95     Document Type: Article

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