Factors affecting adoption of economic management practices in beef cattle production in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 21-28

  Dill, Matheus Dhein ^a   Emvalomatis, Grigorios ^b   Saatkamp, Helmut ^b   Rossi, João Augusto ^b   Pereira, Gabriel Ribas ^a   Barcellos, Júlio Otávio Jardim ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Administration; Diffusion; Innovation; Livestock; Rural development; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; CATTLE; INNOVATION; LIVESTOCK; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL;

BOS;

EID: 84942522473     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2015.09.004     Document Type: Article

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