Factors affecting the adoption of wheat production technology in the Sudan

Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 325-337

  Abdelmagid, Salah A ^a   Hassan, Fadia K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ARABLE FARMING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WHEAT PRODUCTION;

SUDAN;

EID: 0030438675     PISSN: 00498599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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