The influence of technology characteristics on the rate and speed of adoption

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-130

  Batz, F J ^c   Peters, K J ^a   Janssen, W ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Intl Serv Natl Agric Res   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dairy farming; Decision making; Diffusion; Innovation adoption; Technology characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

KENYA;

EID: 0032824090     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(99)00026-2     Document Type: Article

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