The soil sciences in India: Policy lessons for agricultural innovation

Research Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 691-714

  Raina, Rajeswari S ^a   Sangar, Sunita ^b   Rasheed Sulaiman, V ^c   Hall, Andrew J ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR POLICY RESEARCH   (India)

^b Centre for Advancement of Sustainable Agriculture New Delhi   (India)

^c Centre for Research on Innovation and Science Policy (CRISP)   (India)

^d Institute for New Technologies)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Innovation system; Institutional reform; Professional association; R D policy; Soil sciences

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; TECHNOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; INNOVATION SYSTEMS; INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS; PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS; R&D POLICY; SOIL SCIENCES;

SOIL MECHANICS;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOIL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33744460030     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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