The adoption of new technology by the farmers in Taiwan

Applied Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 36, 2015, Pages 3817-3824

  Chang, Shu Chun ^a   Tsai, Ching Horng ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Taiwan; technology adoption; new technology; farmers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CROP YIELD; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FARMING SYSTEM; INNOVATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TILLAGE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84929027064     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2015.1019035     Document Type: Article

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