This is an edited extract from Pannell et al. (2006). Thanks to my co-authors, Neil Barr, Roger Wilkinson, Frank Vanclay, Allan Curtis, and Graham Marshall,
read moreThis is a brief advertisement for a new paper on my web site. It’s called “Understanding and promoting adoption of conservation practices by rural landholders”
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read moreI can remember the bemusement I felt when I first heard the term “extension” used to describe communication and education. It seemed an odd usage
read moreYou will probably be surprised that my starting point in this discussion of how to think like an economist is a book called The Prehistory
read moreIt was very windy in Albany one day last week. We went out for a walk and got sand blasted skin and dust in the
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