Predicting technology adoption to improve research priority - Setting

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-164

  Batz, Franz J ^a   Janssen, Willem ^b   Peters, Kurt J ^c  

^a Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^b Intl Serv Natl Agric Res   (Netherlands)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Innovation adoption; Performance assessment; Research priority setting; Technology characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; DAIRY FARMING; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

KENYA; MERU DISTRICT;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0037373148     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(02)00119-6     Document Type: Article

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