Drivers for the adoption of different eco-innovation types in the fertilizer sector: A review

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2017, 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

Environment; Innovation diffusion; Plant nutrition; Technology acceptance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INNOVATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 85035338396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9122216     Document Type: Review

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