Exploring the determinants of adoption behaviour of clean technologies in agriculture: A case of integrated pest management

Asian Journal of Technology Innovation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-82

  Veisi, Hadi ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

adoption behaviour; determinants; integrated pest management; Iran; rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863994332     PISSN: 19761597     EISSN: 21586721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19761597.2012.681435     Document Type: Article

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