Comparing groups of Brazilian cattle farmers with different levels of intention to use improved natural grassland

Livestock Science

Volumn 178, Issue , 2015, Pages 296-305

  Rossi Borges, João Augusto ^a   Oude Lansink, Alfons G J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Farmers' intention; Goals; Improved natural grassland; Relative risk attitude; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84937524596     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2015.05.035     Document Type: Article

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