No-tillage farming: Co-creation of innovation through network building

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 242-255

  Schneider, F ^a   Steiger, D ^a   Ledermann, T ^a   Fry, P ^b   Rist, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Knowledge Management Environment LLC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Conservation tillage; Knowledge co creation; No tillage; Switzerland; Zero tillage

Indexed keywords

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; CO-CREATION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; NO TILLAGE; SWITZERLAND; ZERO-TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; CULTIVATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; SOIL CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; FARMING SYSTEM; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; ZERO TILLAGE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84865987821     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1073     Document Type: Article

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