| Autor: |
BB Obaa, W Turyahikayo, Jon Henrich Hanf, FB Matsiko, JJ Okiror |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
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| Zdroj: |
International Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 1-12 (2018) |
| ISSN: |
2224-0616 |
| Popis: |
Agricultural innovation platforms are increasingly seen as a panacea for mitigating the agricultural value chain challenges through enabling the co-evolution of different elements in the innovation process. A number of previous studies on IPs show processes for their formation and contribution to innovations. Very few studies have attempted to investigate the perceived benefits from platforms as important determinants for actor participation. Using a sample of 319 randomly selected farmers from one innovation platform in Uganda, it was established that the uncertain markets for the agricultural output, sources of inputs and agricultural information were perceived to be the key motivators for the formation of the platform. The study found a positive significant relationship between transaction cost challenges of environmental uncertainty and structural embeddedness (p |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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