Sustainable agriculture and natural resource management in farm enterprise systems

dc.contributor.authorWyeth, P.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:07:37Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:07:37Zen
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis chapter describes the farm enterprise system. The farm enterprise system involves the consumption, sales, and investment of farm resources, but recognizes the economic, institutional, and cultural environment external to farms still have a large effect on the ability and motivation of farmers to efficiently use resources and use sustainable land management practices. Influences such as family demands, assessment of risk, educational opportunities, innovation, clear land and water rights, and social and religious norms can greatly impact the management decisions and practices of farmers.en
dc.description.notesME (Management Entity)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier4601en
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9769432-7-3en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68851en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAnkeny, IA: Soil and Water Conservation Societyen
dc.relation.ispartofIn: Moore, K. M. (ed.) The Sciences and Art of Adaptive Management: Innovating for Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, 60-77en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.swcs.org/en/publications/the_sciences_and_art_of_adaptive_management/en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2009 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectTrainingen
dc.subjectHousehold enterpriseen
dc.subjectLocal marketsen
dc.subjectVulnerability and risken
dc.subjectInnovationen
dc.subjectExtension agentsen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleSustainable agriculture and natural resource management in farm enterprise systemsen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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