Technology adoption by rural women in Queensland, Australia: Women driving technology from the homestead for the paddock

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 318-327

  Hay, Rachel ^a   Pearce, Philip ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision systems; Farming women; Precision agriculture; Remote livestock management; Rural women; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920065269     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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