Planting strategies of maize farmers in Kenya: A simultaneous equations analysis in the presence of discrete dependent variables

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-149

  Hassan, Rashid M ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ARABLE FARMING; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CROP SELECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FARMERS' DECISION MAKING; MAIZE CULTIVATION; MAIZE RESEARCH; MODELLING APPROACH; PLANTING STRATEGY; POPULATION PRESSURE;

KENYA;

EID: 0030274117     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(96)01194-2     Document Type: Article

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