Adoption of voluntary water-pollution reduction technologies and water quality perception among Danish farmers

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 158, Issue , 2015, Pages 235-244

  Gachango, Florence Gathoni ^a   Andersen, Laura Mørch ^a   Pedersen, Søren Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agri environmental measures; Agricultural water pollution; Ordered probit; Recipient water bodies; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES; IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES; INFORMATION AVAILABILITY; ORDERED PROBIT; WATER POLLUTION REDUCTIONS; WATER QUALITY PERCEPTION; WATERBODIES;

WATER POLLUTION;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; COMPLIANCE; DATA SET; FARMERS ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL TYPE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

DENMARK;

EID: 84930210049     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2015.04.014     Document Type: Article

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