The effects of changing regional Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System on Italian farmers' strategies

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 746-754

  Pascucci, Stefano ^a   de Magistris, Tiziana ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System; Farmer strategies; Italy; Multivariate probit; Rural development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; GENERALIST; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INNOVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ITALY;

EID: 80053347984     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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