People, place, behavior, and context: A research agenda for expanding our understanding of what motivates farmers' conservation behaviors

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Reimer, Adam ^a   Thompson, Aaron ^b   Prokopy, Linda Stalker ^c   Arbuckle, J Gordon ^d   Genskow, Ken ^e   Jackson Smith, Douglas ^f   Lynne, Gary ^g   McCann, Laura ^h   Morton, Lois Wright ^d   Nowak, Pete ^e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; FARMING SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 84897008749     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.69.2.57A     Document Type: Article

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