Bundling agricultural technologies to adapt to climate change

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 982-990

  Fleischer, Aliza ^a   Mendelsohn, Robert ^b   Dinar, Ariel ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bundles; Climate change; Cover; Irrigation; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

BUNDLES; CHANGE CONDITIONS; COVER; CROSS SECTION; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

IRRIGATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COVER CROP; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 79957478871     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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