Social capital and agricultural innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 108, Issue , 2012, Pages 112-122

  Van Rijn, Fédes ^a   Bulte, Erwin ^a   Adekunle, Adewale ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Adoption of agricultural innovation; Cognitive social capital; Structural social capital; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; DATA SET; INNOVATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84857680904     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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