The modern Chinese farmer: Technical adoptions and marketing innovations among vegetable farmers in Shijiazhuang, Hebei

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-86

  Veeck, Gregory ^a   Wang, Wei ^b   Gao, Xinfa ^b   Shang, Yanrui ^b   Lian, Jinyuan ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; INNOVATION; MARKETING; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; VEGETABLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI; SHIJIAZHUANG;

EID: 3142780078     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.44.1.65     Document Type: Article

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