Factors affecting farmers' crop diversity decisions: an integrated approach

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Francis, Charles A. (author), Lynne, Gary D. (author), Cutforth, Laurence B. (author), Mortensen, David A. (author), and Eskridge, Kent M. (author)
Format:: Journal / Abstract
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C18700
Journal Title:: American Journal of Alternative Agriculture
Subject Term:: crops, decision making, farmer attitudes, farmers, farming, pesticides, and sustainability
Notes:: Journal paper no. 12951 of the Univ. of Nebraska, Agricultural Research Division, Although greater diversity in the agricultural landscape is an important goal, the decisions of individual farmers determine the diversity of crops used in each farming system. Cutforth et al developed and tested an integrated socioeconomic model of farmers' decisions on crop rotations as an indicator of overall crop diversity.

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