Identification of non-economic influencing factors affecting farmer's participation in the Paddy Land-to-Dry Land program in Chicheng County, China

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Yuan, Yuan ^a   Liu, Yanxu ^a   Hu, Yi'na ^a   Chen, Xin ^b   Peng, Jian ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Non economic factors; Paddy Land to Dry Land (PLDL) program; Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES); Voluntary participation

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DRYLAND FARMING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PADDY FIELD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

CHICHENG; CHINA; HEBEI;

EID: 85014850375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9030366     Document Type: Article

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