Seed market privatisation and farmers' access to crop technologies: The case of hybrid pearl millet adoption in India

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 498-515

  Matuschke, Ira ^a   Qaim, Matin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adoption; Duration analysis; Hybrid seeds; India; Pearl millet; Seed market liberalisation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; HYBRID; INNOVATION; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; SEED PRODUCTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; SOUTH ASIA;

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 48949088070     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2008.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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