Improving diffusion in agriculture: an agent-based model to find the predictors for efficient early adopters

Abstract Proven that the adoption rate of a new product is influenced by the network characteristics of the early adopters, the aim of this paper is to find the network features of the early adopters associated with high adoption rates of a specific new practice: the use of biodegradable mulching fi...

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Main Authors: Angela Barbuto, Antonio Lopolito, Fabio Gaetano Santeramo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-01-01
Series:Agricultural and Food Economics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40100-019-0121-0