...Liming Zhou; Zijian Song; Zheng Wang; Joy Asmau Yakubu Purpose This study aims to examine the distinct impacts of private and state-led Chinese agricultural investments on land rights, community dynamics and socio-economic development in Tanzania, applying social capital theory as an analytical...

... National cultures Agriculture Technology Symbols Diffusion “Symbols as cultural expressions of technology diffusion”. This is a title which includes four words of interest to this study; two, “symbols; culture” which anthropologists claim to be part of the focus of their discipline...

... Limited 2011 Nigeria Developing countries Agriculture Small businesses Information technology Social networks Agribusinesses The second driver for this study relates to its strategic importance which implies that one would expect to find a substantial literature on ICT diffusion...

..., standards are unambiguous and apply across cases. Design/methodology/approach The paper is primarily theoretical and its analysis is based on conceptual content and extent analysis. For the purpose of illustration, the paper draws on the example of organic agricultural standards. Findings The author...

... in the validity of autoethnography, however, it is argued that these findings are a reflection of the wider nature of the agricultural community, immersed as it is in life and death, and that this culture is significantly different to that commonly addressed by textbooks. Practical implications This paper...