The roles of farm advisors in the uptake of measures for the mitigation of diffuse water pollution

Land Use Policy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 413-422

  Vrain, Emilie ^a   Lovett, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffuse agricultural water pollution; Farm advice; Mitigation measures; Policy mechanisms

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; FARMERS ATTITUDE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION;

EAST ANGLIA; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84960106602     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.03.007     Document Type: Article

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