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Rural Sociology. 61:464-474
We investigate the validity of the classification of farmers into two or more distinct types on the basis of attitudes, objectives, and values. Factor analysis of data from a survey of farm pluriactivity in Scotland (N=472) shows that attributes ascr
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Joyce Willock, Ian J. Deary, Robert Grieve, Gareth Edwards-Jones, Oliver Morgan, Gavin J. Gibson, J. Barry Dent, Alistair Sutherland, M. J. McGregor
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Journal of Agricultural Economics. 50:286-303
Despite considerable effort to understand and represent decision making by farmers, there has been little attempt to integrate socio-economic, psychological and farming variables within a comprehensive framework. This paper attempts to do this in the
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Personality and Individual Differences. 24:421-438
We consider the phenomenon of individual differences in the use of questionnaire scales and examine some of its consequences. Results from two illustrative studies on farmers and consultant doctors are used to demonstrate that individual standard dev
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Stress Medicine. 13:131-136
The experience of job-related stress was studied in 318 UK farmers. Of the job-related stress domains investigated, comparatively high amounts of stress were reported as a result of governmental regulation and its resulting bureaucracy, and relativel
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Project Appraisal. 12:2-10
This work has been prompted by a collaborative European project, The Development of The European Apple Crop (DEAC), funded by the CEC (Commission of European Communities) involving plant breeders, geneticists, and molecular biologists. Its aim is to:
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Acta Horticulturae. :243-250
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Agricultural Systems. 49:337-351
Historically, the motivations for decision-makers to understand the dynamics and behavior of agricultural systems were the requirements to assess and predict future food production and supply. More recently, however, it has become evident that in add
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Journal of Agricultural Economics. 42:86-92
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International Tree Crops Journal. 7:41-56
SUMMARY Social forestry in the Indian state of Orissa is evaluated within the framework of stated socio-economic policy objectives, taking into account both distributional equity and efficiency aspects. Socio-economic profitability and optimum rotati
Autor:
M. J. McGregor, P. K. Thornton
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Journal of Agricultural Economics. 41:172-183
The use of simulation models and expert systems in the provision of management information is considered with respect to cereal variety selection, together with the advantages and disadvantages that these can bring over more traditional methods of pr