The importance of learning in the adoption of high-yielding variety seeds

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-94

  Cameron, Lisa A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Learning; Panel data; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; LEARNING; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 0032795255     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244452     Document Type: Article

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