Agro-Mechanical Diffusion in a Backward Region

This exploration of the conditions which characterize the process of a general application of agro-mechanical technology is illustrated through a detailed study of the use of a new agricultural tool in rural India.

About the author

Rakesh Basant has worked as a consultant to the World Bank, Intermediate Technology Development Group, U.K. and the United Nations University Institute of New Technologies, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Current research relates to industrial policy and technological change.

Product details

• Authors: Rakesh Basant, Rakesh (Professor Basant, K. K. Subrahmanian, K.K. Subrahmanian
• Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781853390234
• ISBN: 978-1-85339-023-4
• No. of pages: 102
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 233 g
• Series: Occasional Papers; Occasional Papers
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education