Transformational capacity in Australian peanut farmers for better climate adaptation

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 583-591

  Marshall, Nadine Anne ^a   Dowd, Anne Maree ^b   Fleming, Aysha ^b   Gambley, Clair ^b   Howden, Mark ^b   Jakku, Emma ^b   Larsen, Carl ^c   Marshall, Paul Augustine ^d   Moon, Katie ^e   Park, Sarah ^b   Thorburn, Peter John ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c RM Consulting Group   (Australia)

^d GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Barriers to change; Climate change adaptation; Natural resource management; Resource dependency; Social resilience; Social vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGROINDUSTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84902146011     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-013-0186-1     Document Type: Article

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