Determinants and intensity of adoption of “better cotton” as an innovative cleaner production alternative

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 172, Issue , 2018, Pages 3468-3478

  Zulfiqar, Farhad ^a   Thapa, Gopal B ^b  

^a COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Adoption intensity; Better cotton; Cleaner production; Information access; Innovation adoption; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PLANNING; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ADOPTION INTENSITY; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES; CLEANER PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INFORMATION ACCESS; INNOVATION ADOPTION; KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

COTTON;

EID: 85038815237     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.09.024     Document Type: Article

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