Identification of Factors Affecting Adoption of Soil Conservation Practices by Some Rainfed Farmers in Iran

Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 957-967

  Haghjou, M ^a   Hayati, B ^a   Momeni Choleki, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Erosion; Ordered logit model; Soil conservation measures'

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906882963     PISSN: 16807073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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