Soil as a key criteria in the construction of farmers' identities: The example of farming in the Austrian province of Burgenland

Geoderma

Volumn 269, Issue , 2016, Pages 39-53

  Wahlhutter S ^a   Vogl, C R ^a   Eberhart, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b KFUG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Ethnopedology; Good farming; Habitus; Identity; Organic farming

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; SOILS;

BOURDIEU; ETHNOPEDOLOGY; GOOD FARMING; HABITUS; IDENTITY; ORGANIC FARMING;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FARMERS ATTITUDE; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; ORGANIC FARMING; PEDOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL QUALITY;

AUSTRIA; BURGENLAND;

EID: 84955588589     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.12.028     Document Type: Article

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