Farmers’ Willingness to Participate in the Next-Stage Grain-for-Green Project in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China

Environmental Management

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 505-518

  Feng, Lin ^a   Xu, Jianying ^b  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Farmers willingness; Grain for Green Project (GFGP); Policy design; Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; PUBLIC POLICY; SURVEYS;

COMPENSATION STANDARDS; GRAIN FOR GREEN PROJECTS; PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISALS; POLICY DESIGN; REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR AREA; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR AREA(TGRA);

FARMS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; CEREAL; CHINA; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EDIBLE GRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FARMERS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84934441316     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-015-0505-1     Document Type: Article

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