Decision-making by smallholder farmers in an oil-palm-based economy in southern Benin, West Africa

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-225

  Meikle, W G ^a   Gutierrez, A P ^b   Herren, H R ^c  

^a Plant Health Management Division   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Decision making; Eleais guineensis; Palm alcohol; Palm oil; Reproductive value; Smallholder farmer; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FARMERS' BEHAVIOUR; OIL PALM; SMALLHOLDERS;

BENIN;

EID: 0030319786     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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