The willingness to adopt agro-ecological innovations: Application of choice modelling to Caribbean banana planters

Ecological Economics

Volumn 72, Issue , 2011, Pages 140-150

  Blazy, Jean Marc ^a   Carpentier, Alain ^b   Thomas, Alban ^c  

^a UR1321   (France)

^b LERECO   (France)

^c TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural innovation; Agro ecological system; Caribbean banana production; Choice experiment; Random coefficient logit

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGROECOLOGY; CALIBRATION; FALLOW; FRUIT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HETEROGENEITY; INNOVATION; INTERCROPPING; LOGIT ANALYSIS; PEST RESISTANCE; PESTICIDE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FRANCE;

EID: 82755184144     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.09.021     Document Type: Article

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