Pro-environmental analysis of farmers’ concerns and behaviors towards soil conservation in central district of Sari County, Iran

International Soil and Water Conservation Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 43-49

  Bijani, Masoud ^a   Ghazani, Ezatollah ^a   Valizadeh, Naser ^b   Fallah Haghighi, Negin ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c IRANIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IROST   (Iran)

Author keywords

Farmers; Sari County; Soil conservation behavior; Soil conservation concern

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020206134     PISSN: 20956339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iswcr.2017.03.001     Document Type: Article

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