Knowledge Asymmetries Between Research and Practice: A Social Systems Approach to Implementation Barriers in Organic Arable Farming

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 460-482

  Noe, Egon ^a   Alrøe, Hugo F ^a   Thorsøe, Martin H ^a   Olesen, Jørgen Eivind ^a   Sørensen, Peter ^a   Melander, Bo ^a   Fog, Erik ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Knowledge Centre for Agriculture   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABLE FARMING; FARMING SYSTEM; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIC FARMING;

EID: 84943815010     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/soru.12078     Document Type: Article

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