Territory matters: Exploring the functioning of an innovation system through the filter of local territorial practices - the example of the adoption of cashew trees in Burkina Faso

Audoin S., Gazull L., Gautier D.
2018

In rural areas of developing countries, highly sociologically and ecologically diverse, needs for innovation are location specific. Spatial patterns of innovation are usually linked to a geography-specific factor rather than to technological imperatives. To explore the links between the dynamics of innovation and space, recent transition studies tried to analyze and conceptualize how spatial ...

Systèmes et modes de culture; Culture des plantes; Géographie; Economie et politique du développement; Sociologie rurale et sécurité sociale