The impact of social networks on hybrid seed adoption in India

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 493-505

  Matuschke, Ira ^a   Qaim, Matin ^b  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adoption of hybrid seed technologies; India; Pearl millet; Social networks; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; COMMERCIALIZATION; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMETRICS; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SEED PRODUCTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SURVEYING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; SOUTH ASIA;

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 69549116793     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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