Drivers for the Adoption of Different Eco-Innovation Types in the Fertilizer Sector: A Review

Kathrin Hasler, Hans-Werner Olfs, Onno Omta and Stefanie Bröring
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Kathrin Hasler: University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, Am Krümpel 31, 49090 Osnabrück, Germany
Hans-Werner Olfs: University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, Am Krümpel 31, 49090 Osnabrück, Germany
Onno Omta: Management Studies Group, Wageningen University, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 Wageningen, The Netherlands

Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, issue 12, 1-22

Abstract: Numerous innovations have been developed in the fertilizer and plant nutrition area in recent decades. However, the adoption of many new products and techniques at farm level is still low. In this paper, based on a literature review, we explore the main drivers for innovation adoption or rejection. By splitting up the extant research landscape into disruptive and continuous innovations and innovation types (product, process and innovation of other types), we aim to identify drivers explaining innovation adoption in the fertilizer sector in particular and in the agricultural sector in general.

Keywords: plant nutrition; technology acceptance; environment; innovation diffusion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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