Social learning through networks: The adoption of new agricultural technologies in Ghana

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 668-673

  Conley, Timothy ^a   Udry, Christopher ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; FARMERS ATTITUDE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

GHANA;

ANANAS COMOSUS;

EID: 0034836093     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00188     Document Type: Article

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