Factors affecting the adoption of agricultural innovation: the case of a Ricinodendron heudelotii kernel extraction machine in southern Cameroon

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 799-811

  Mbosso, Charlie ^a,b   Degrande, Ann ^a   Villamor, Grace B ^c   Van Damme, Patrick ^b,d   Tchoundjeu, Zac ^a   Tsafack, Sygnola ^a  

^a World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)   (Cameroon)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Innovation decision process; Knowledge; Njansang, perception; Post harvest; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CROPPING PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DICOTYLEDON; FARMERS ATTITUDE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INNOVATION; PERCEPTION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

CAMEROON;

RICINODENDRON HEUDELOTII;

EID: 84941943564     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-015-9813-y     Document Type: Article

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