Exploring the role of smartphone technology for citizen science in agriculture

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Dehnen Schmutz, Katharina ^a   Foster, Gemma L ^a   Owen, Luke ^a   Persello, Séverine ^b,c  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^c Campus international de Baillarguet   (France)

Author keywords

Britain; Citizen science; Farm management applications; France; Participatory research; Smartphones

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CITIZENSHIP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FARMERS ATTITUDE; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; OWNERSHIP; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

FRANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84962861109     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-016-0359-9     Document Type: Article

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