Factors affecting the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for farming decisions

Journal of Agricultural and Food Information

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-96

  Ali, Jabir ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Adoption behavior; Agriculture; Decision making; E Choupal; ICTs; India; Information and communication technologies; Poisson Count Regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869006106     PISSN: 10496505     EISSN: 15404722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2012.636980     Document Type: Article

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