Drivers for the adoption of eco-innovations in the German fertilizer supply chain

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Hasler, Kathrin ^a   Olfs, Hans Werner ^a   Omta, Onno ^b   Bröring, Stefanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Innovation adoption; Innovation network; Innovation system thinking; Knowledge exchange

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

GERMANY;

EID: 84983732289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8080682     Document Type: Article

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