EARTH to farmers: Extension and the adoption of environmental technologies in the humid tropics of Costa Rica

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-357

  Miller, Melanie J ^a   Mariola, Matthew J ^a   Hansen, David O ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Costa Rica; Diffusion; Environmental technologies; Extension

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; AGRICULTURE; COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFUSION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TROPICS;

ADOPTION; COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES; COSTA RICA; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES; EXTENSION; FARM SIZES; HUMID TROPICS; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; OUTREACH ACTIVITIES; SOCIAL SCIENTISTS;

TECHNOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMID TROPICS; INNOVATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 56849120368     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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