This article proposes an interpretation of the process of adopting innovations and farm manager perceptions of innovations and diversification in Bulgarian agriculture. Bulgarian agriculture is operating in new macro-conditions since Bulgaria joined the EU. This paper shows the main trends of...

I present a model of the creative development of a field and analysis of the model based on an extensive set of simulations. The field begins from an initial states and grows as individuals enter the field and make new contributions; its basic structure resembles a lattice. New elements are...

Endogenous growth theories developed initially along two broad trends: one emphasizes knowledge and dynamics, with explicit modeling of knowledge accumulation; the other takes a broader view of capital and encompasses human capital in its definition. The scale effect critique initiated another...

Fifty years ago, Punjab embarked on its famous Green Revolution, leading the rest of India in that innovation, and becoming the country's breadbasket. Now its economy and society are struggling by relative, and sometimes even absolute, measures. Using the original Green Revolution as a...

In this article Hamilton describes the growing interest in farming among a new generation of Americans and makes detailed suggestions for how the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and local governments can support policies to help support them. He notes that the interest in farming...

Implementation of suitable innovation packages into cropping systems is required to address the issues of food security and improvement of the crop yield in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, quantification of the effects of innovation packages such as increase in fertilizer application rates,...

This paper studies how innovation reacts to climate change and shapes its economic impacts, focusing on US agriculture. We show in a model that directed innovation can either mitigate or exacerbate climate change's economic damage depending on whether new technology is on average a substitute...

In this article the current situation in agricultural sector of Kazakhstan and specifically diary sphere is analyzed. World’s modern innovations and technologies for diary industry are also being researched and possibility of its utilization in Kazakhstan is proposed together with ways of...

The paper at hand provides deep insights into the development of the German bioeconomy at the municipality level. The aim was to find out which determinants play a role in the location of bioeconomy patents at the municipality level and to analyze the respective stages of the bioeconomy in the...

The purpose of this study is to analyze innovation activities in the agricultural sector using an association rule mining algorithm to understand the different types of innovation activities and their combinations that ultimately result in product, process, organizational, and marketing...