Neighbors and extension agents in ethiopia: Who matters more for technology adoption?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 308-327

  Krishnan, Pramila ^a   Patnam, Manasa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CREST   (France)

Author keywords

adoption; diffusion; social networks

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORK; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84893390556     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aat017     Document Type: Article

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