Differences in farmer and expert beliefs and the perceived impacts of conservation agriculture

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-62

  Halbrendt, Jacqueline ^a   Gray, Steven A ^b   Crow, Susan ^a   Radovich, Theodore ^a   Kimura, Aya H ^a   Tamang, Bir Bahadur ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c Local Initiatives for Biodiversity Research and Development   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Agriculture development; Cognitive mapping; Conservation agriculture; Nepal; Subsistence farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROCHEMICAL; CULTURE; DEVELOPING WORLD; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; RURAL AREA; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; COGNITION; EXPERT SYSTEM; PROJECT DESIGN; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; TILLAGE; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; YIELD;

NEPAL;

EID: 84922387267     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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