Identifying the factors that influence farmer participation in environmental management practices in Switzerland

Human Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 951-963

  Karali, Eleni ^a   Brunner, Beat ^b   Doherty, Ruth ^a   Hersperger, Anna ^c   Rounsevell, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Landert and Partner Social Research Evaluation and Concepts   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agro environmental schemes; Decision making; Farmers; In depth interviews; Organic farming; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918805166     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: 15729915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-014-9701-5     Document Type: Article

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