Functions and limitations of farmer cooperatives as innovation intermediaries: Findings from China

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 127, Issue , 2014, Pages 115-125

  Yang, Huan ^a,b   Klerkx, Laurens ^a   Leeuwis, Cees ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural innovation systems; Farmer cooperatives; Innovation intermediaries; Network building

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; STATE ROLE;

CHINA;

EID: 84899905596     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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