Mobilising science and technology to get agriculture moving in Africa: A response to Borlaug and Dowswell

Development Policy Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-103

  Jiggins, Janice ^a   Reijntjes, Coen ^b   Lightfoot, Clive ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Inst for Low Ext Input Agriculture   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; GREEN REVOLUTION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

AFRICA, (SUB-SAHARA);

EID: 0029769572     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.1996.tb00412.x     Document Type: Article

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