Spatial patterns of organic agriculture adoption: Evidence from Honduras

Ecological Economics

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 120-128

  Wollni, Meike ^a   Andersson, Camilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central America; Neighborhood effects; Organic agriculture; Social conformity; Spatial autoregressive probit model; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; ORGANIC FARMING; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVEYING;

HONDURAS;

EID: 84890227396     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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