Public-private partnerships for agricultural innovation: Concepts and experiences from 124 cases in Latin America

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 240-255

  Hartwich, Frank ^a   Tola, Jaime ^a  

^a Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Agricultural innovation; Agriculture; Latin America; Public research; Public private partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247146948     PISSN: 14624605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJARGE.2007.012706     Document Type: Article

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