Agricultural sustainability and technology adoption: Issues and policies for developing countries

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1325-1334

  Lee, David ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING WORLD; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

EID: 33745274761     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00826.x     Document Type: Article

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