Researching farmer behaviour in climate change adaptation and sustainable agriculture: Lessons learned from five case studies

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-84

  Feola, Giuseppe ^a   Lerner, Amy M ^b   Jain, Meha ^c   Montefrio, Marvin Joseph F ^d   Nicholas, Kimberly A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agriculture; Behaviour; Decision making; Interdisciplinarity; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84938505357     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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