Agricultural technologies for climate change in developing countries: Policy options for innovation and technology diffusion

Food Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 114-123

  Lybbert, Travis J ^a,b   Sumner, Daniel A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agriculture; Climate change; Mitigation; Poverty; Technology adoption; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; GREENHOUSE GAS; INNOVATION; POVERTY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 82655180718     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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