An investigation into the type of farmer who chose to participate in Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) and the role of institutional change in influencing scheme effectiveness

Land Use Policy

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 199-210

  Murphy, Geraldine ^a   Hynes, Stephen ^a,b   Murphy, Eithne ^a   O'Donoghue, Cathal ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c Rural Economy Research Centre Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agri environmental programme; Farmer participation; Institutional change; Rural environment protection scheme

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901030424     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.02.015     Document Type: Article

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