Social innovation and sustainability; how to disentangle the buzzword and its application in the field of agriculture and rural development

Studies in Agricultural Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 57-63

  Bock, Bettina B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical innovation; Responsible innovation; Rural development; Rural governance; Social innovation; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921060465     PISSN: 14182106     EISSN: 20630476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7896/j.1209     Document Type: Article

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